IMPORTANT
TERMS:
Ø Adaptation: Adjustment
of an organism to its environment.
Ø Andromonoecious:
A plant having male and intersexual flower, e.g., some lilies.
Ø Anthology:
Study of flowers.
Ø Anthotaxy: Arrangement
of flowers on an axis.
Ø Arboretum: A
place, often outdoors, set aside for the display of living plants.
Ø Absorption:
The process of taking in material or energy.
Ø Bud Scale:
A modified protective leaf of a bud.
Ø Cotyledons: The first leaves formed in the embryo.
Ø Deciduous: Referring
to trees and shrubs that lose their leaves in the fall.
Ø Epiphyte: A
plant that grows upon another plant but is not a parasite.
Ø Frond: A
synonym for a large divided leaf, especially for a fern leaf.
Ø Gynomonoecious: A
plant having female and intersexual flowers, e. g, sunflower.
Ø Haustorium: A
projection that act as a penetrating and absorbing organ.
Ø Heterophylly: A
condition where a plant has different leaf forms at different times in its life
cycle.
Ø Leaf Scar: Characteristic
scar on stem axis made after leaf abscission.
Ø Liana: A
plant with woody climbing shoot.
Ø Lenticel:
A structure of the bark that permits the passage of gas inward and outward.
Ø Polygamous:
A plant having male, female and intersexual flowers, e. g, mango.
Ø Pomology:
Branch of horticulture that deals with the study of fruits and their
cultivation.
Ø Slips:
Small pieces or plantlets which can be removed and used for propagation.
Ø Spermology:
Study of seeds.
Ø Tendril:
A slender coiling organ that aids in the support of stems.
Ø Trioecious:
A species with three types of individuals, male, female and monoecious.
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