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Tendril. A slender, usually coiling organ by which a plant attaches 



itself to a support. 

 Terete. , Circular. 

 Ternate. In threes. 



Tetradynamous. With four long and two short stamens. 

 Thyrse. A rounded, compact panicle. 

 Tomentose. WooUy with densely matted hairs. ' 

 Triandrous. With three stamens. 

 Trifoliate. With three leaflets. 

 Truncate. Ending as if the point were cut off straight across the 



midrib. 

 Tuber. A swollen underground stem. 

 Turgid. Swollen. 

 Umbel. A flower cluster in which the pedicels all spring from the 



same point. 

 Unisexual. Staminate or pistillate. 

 Utricle. A small inflated fruit with one seed. 

 Valvate. Opening by valves. 

 Valve. One of the parts of a capsule. 

 Ventral. The lower or inner face of an organ. 

 Vermiform. Worm-shaped. 

 Verticillate. Whorled. 

 Villous. Having long soft hairs. 

 Viscid. Sticky. 



K Whorl. Leaves in a circle around the stem. 

 Wing. A thin expansion of an organ. 

 Woolly. Covered with rather long crooked or matted hairs. 



