Flowering Plants: Nightshades to Mistletoe

Glossary

GLOSSARY Actinomorphic. Having radial symmetry; regular, in reference to a flower. Acuminate. Gradually tapering to a point. Acute. Sharply tapering to a point. Annual. Living for only one year. Anther. The terminal part of a stamen that bears pollen. Anthesis. Flowering time. Apiculate. Abruptly shortpointed at the tip. Appendage. An accessory part attached to a structure. Appressed. Lying flat against the surface. Aril. An appendage of the seed, usually enclosing the seed. Arillate. Bearing an aril. Articulated. Jointed. Attenuate. Gradually becoming narrowed. Auricle. An earlike lobe. Auriculate. Bearing an earlike process. Axil. The angle where two structures join. Axile. Said of ovules that are borne at or near the center ofa compound ovary. Beak. A slender terminal projection . Bearded. Bearing a tuft of stiff hairs. Berry. A type offruit where the seeds are surrounded only by fleshy material. Biennial. Completing a life cycle in two years. Bifid. Two-cleft. Bisexual. Referring to a flower that contains both stamens and pistils . Bract. An accessory structure at the base of a flower, usually appearing leaflike. Bracteate. Bearing one or more bracts. Bracteole. A secondary bract. Calyx. The outermost segments of the perianth of a flower, composed of sepals. Campanulate. Bell-shaped. Canescent. Gray-hairy. Capitate. Forming a head. Capsule. A dry, dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel. Carinate. Having a ridge or keel. Carpel. A simple pistil, or one member of a compound pistil. Cauline. Belonging to a stem. Chlorophyll. The green pigment in a plant. Cilia. Marginal hairs. Ciliate. Bearing cilia. Cinereous. Ashy gray. Circumscissile. Usually referring to a fruit that dehisces by a horizontal , circular line. Clasping. Projecting around a structure, such as the base of a leaf around a stem. Cleistogamous. Hidden. Compound. Divided into more than one segment or part. 211 212 I GLOSSARY Conical. Cone-shaped. Connivent. Coming together. Cordate. Heart-shaped. Coriaceous. Leathery. Corolla. The segments of a flower just within the calyx, composed of petals. Corymb. A type of inflorescence where the pedicellate flowers are arranged along an elongated axis, but with the flowers all attaining about the same height. Crenate. With round teeth. Crenulate. With small, round teeth. Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. Cuspidate. Terminating in a very short point. Cylindrical. Shaped like a cylinder . Cyme. A type of broad and flattened inflorescence in which the central flowers bloom first. Cymose. Bearing a cyme. Deciduous. Falling away. Decumbent. Lying flat, but with the tip ascending. Decurrent. Attached to the petiole or stem and then extending beyond the point of attachment. Dehiscent. Splitting at maturity . Deltoid. Triangular. Dentate. With sharp teeth, the tips of which project outward. Denticulate. With small, sharp teeth, the tips of which project outward . Depressed. Pushed down flat along the summit. Diffuse. Loosely spreading. Disk. An enlarged outgrowth of the receptacle. Divergent. Spreading apart. Drupe. A type of fruit in which the seed is surrounded by a hard, dry covering which, in turn, is surrounded by fleshy material. Ellipsoid. Referring to a solid object that is broadest at the middle, gradually tapering to both ends. Elliptic. Broadest at middle, gradually tapering to both ends. Emarginate. Having a shallow notch at the extremity. Entire. Without teeth. Exserted. Protruded beyond. Fascicle. Cluster. Fibrous. Referring to roots borne in tufts. Filament. That part of the stamen supporting the anther. Filiform. Threadlike. Fimbriate. Fringed. Flexuous. Zigzag. Foliaceous. Leaflike. Funnelform. Shaped like a funnel. Glabrous. Without pubescence or hairs. Gland. An enlarged, usually spherical body functioning as a secretory organ. Glandular. Bearing glands. Globose. Round. Glomerule. A small, compact cluster. Hastate. Spear-shaped; said of a leaf that is triangular, with spreading basal lobes. Haustoria. Adhesivelike disks that attach a parasitic plant to its host. Head. A usually spherical, compact cluster. Herbaceous. Not woody. Hirsute. With stiff hairs. Hirsutulous. With minute stiff hairs. Hirtellous. Finely hirsute. Hispid. With rigid hairs. Hispidulous. With minute rigid hairs. Hoary. Grayish white. Included. Nor protruding. Inferior. Referring to the position of the ovary when it is surrounded by the attached portion of the floral tube or is embedded in the receptacle. Inflexed. Turned inward. Inflorescence. A cluster of flowers. Internode. The area between two adjacent nodes. Keel. A ridge. Lacerated. Divided into shreds. Lanceolate. Lance-shaped; broadest near base, gradually tapering to the narrower apex. Latex. Milky juice. Leaflet. An individual unit of a compound leaf. Lenticular. Lens-shaped. Linear. Elongated and uniform in width throughout. Locular. Referring to the locule , or cavity of the ovary. Locule. The...