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BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions. Use the search bar below to look up a botanical term.
15 Random Botanical Terms
AGCP - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain - NWPL Region
Toothed - Said of petals or leaves having margins more or less sharply indented.
Wing - A thin extension of a plant part, as of a branch or dry fruit.
Pistil - The seed-producing or female organ, consisting of ovary, style, and stigma; usually located in the center of the flower.
Dioecious - With male and female reproductive structures on separate plants.
Entire - Said of margins without teeth or lobes.
Axil - The upper angle between two structures or organs, as where a leaf or branch joins the stem.
Lobed flower - A tubular or funnel shaped flower that opens into petal like lobes.
Leaflet - A division or part of a compound leaf.
EMP - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - NWPL Region
Escape - A cultivated plant that has gone wild.
Floret - A small flower, especially one in a dense cluster.
Oval - Having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
Ovate - Shaped like an egg, with the narrow end at the apex.
Lobe - Part or segment of a flower or leaf; a deep indentation that does not break the continuity of the structure.