Glossary 



Achene A dry, one-seeded fruit 

 Acuminate Gradually tapering to a point 

 Acute Sharp-pointed 



Alternate Xot 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 



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 



Biternate 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 



Bulblets 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 



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 



Compound leaf One divided into separate leaflets 



Cone An elongated axis bearing stamens or thickened scales with naked ovules; the flower 



and fruit of conifers 

 Convolute Rolled up lengthwise 

 Cordate Heart-shaped 



