Glossary 



Achene A dry, one-seeded fruit 

 Acuminate Gradually tapering to a point 

 Acute Sharp-pointed 



Alternate Not opposite; with a single leaf at each place of attachment 

 Annual Lasting only one growing season 



Anther The upper part of the stamen, containing the pollen; the pollen pouch 

 Apetalous Without petals 

 Apex Tip or upper end 



Apocarpous Having or consisting of separate carpels 

 Apopetalous Having or consisting of separate petals 

 Appressed Lying close to or against another organ 

 Aquatic Growing in the water 



Aristate Drawn out into a long needle-like point 

 Ascending Growing obliquely upward 



Awl-shaped Narrowed upward from the base to a slender, rigid point 

 Awn A slender bristle-like structure 

 Awn-pointed Tipped with an awn 

 Axil The angle between leaf and stem 

 Axillary Borne in the axils of leaves 



Axis A term generally applied to that portion of a branch which bears the flowers or 

 the parts of a flower 



Barbed Having a tip like a fish-hook 



Basal Arising from the base 



Beak An elongated tapering structure 



Beaked Bearing a beak 



Bearded With hairs limited more or less to a certain area of an organ 



Berry A fruit in which the seeds are imbedded in a soft or fleshy substance 



Bitenate Twice ternate 



Blade The flat, expanded part of a leaf 



Bract A leaf, usually small, standing below a flower or a flower-cluster 



Bracteole A small leaf or scale on the pedicel below the flower 



Bristle A stiff hair or any similar outgrowth 



Bulb A short stem with fleshy scales, usually subterranean 



Bulbets Small bulbs 



Bulbous Like a bulb; bearing bulbs 



Capsule A dry fruit consisting of two or more carpels 



Carpel A simple pistil, or one member or division of a compound pistil 



Catkin An elongated axis covered .with scales all around that bear either stamens or 



pistils 

 Cell A cavity or chamber in an ovary 



Chaff Thin scales between the disk flowers of composite heads 

 Ciliate Provided with marginal hairs 



Claw Applied to the much narrowed lower portion of a petal 

 Cleft Cut about half way to the middle 

 Climbing Growing upon a support of some kind 

 Compound Composed of two or more similar parts united into one whole 



