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A
- a
- latin prefix, meaning not, negative, without,
lacking
- ABA
- abscisic
acid
- abaxial
- 1. the surface of a leaf,
petal, etc. facing away from the stem
or axis of the plant,
2. dorsal, 3. (opp adaxial)
- aberrant
- 1. atypical or different from the norm, 2. can
be used to describe a plant of species that is different from
the group in which it is placed
- abiotic
- A nonliving factor of an ecosystem that has an
effect on the living members of the ecosystem (opposite biotic).
Things such as weather, heat, wind, etc.
- ablastous
- without germ or bud
- abortion
- an organ or plant structure fails to develop
- abortive
- 1. only partially or not fully developed such
as incomplete seed or frost nipped bud, 2. rudimentary
- abrupt
- truncated
- abruptly pinnate
- 1. a pinnate leaf
that ends without an odd leaflet or tendril,
it ends in matched pairs, 2. evenly pinnate
- abscisic acid
- 1. growth-inhibiting hormone of plants, 2. plays
an important role in dormancy, 3. ABA
- abscise
- abscission
- abscission
- 1. when seeds, fruit or leaves separate from
the plant as an abscission zone is formed, 2. in the fall of
the year abscission zones form and the leaves fall from the
plants (temperate climates)
- acantha
- refers to a spine, thorn or prickle
- acanthocarpa
- 1. bearing spiny fruit, 2. echinocarpa
- acanthodes
- 1. from the greek word acantha meaning thorn
2. spiny, 3. Example:
Ferocactus acanthodes is covered with many stiff spines.
- acarpous
- a plant that is sterile
- acaulescent
- 1. without a stem
or stemless, 2. Example:
Aloe vera (Aloe
vera), Living
Rock (Pleiospilos
bolusii), Baby Toes (Fenestraria
rhopalophylla)
- accessory bud
- an extra bud in a leaf axil
- accrescent
- continuing to increase in size after maturity or flowering
- accumbent
- a pair of cotyledons curving
back towards the hypocotyl so that their edges are turned towards
the hypocotyl
- accumbent cotyledons
- accumbent
- aceae
- a latin suffix meaning the plants of nature
- acephalous
- headless or with much reduced heads
- acerba
- sour
- aceriform
- 1. in the shape of a Maple leaf, 2. Example: Pale
Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum
atriplicifolium)
- acervate
- growing in heaps or compact clusters
- acerose
- 1. needle-shaped as in the leaves of Pine and
Spruce, 2. acicular,
3. Examples: Lace
Bark Pine (Pinus
bungeana), Jack
Pine (Pinus
banksiana), Norway
Spruce (Picea
abies)
- achene
- 1.
indehiscent dry fruit,
one seeded, seed free
from seed coat, 2. pericarp
free from seed coat, 3. examples: buttercup, buckwheat, Goat's-beard (Tragopogon
pratensis), Beggers
Tick (Bidens
frondosa), Curly
Dock (Rumex
crispus)
- achenodium
- schizocarp
- achilary
- lacking a lip
- achlamydeous
- 1. flowers that lack sepals and petals,
2 Examples of achlamydeous plants: Willows,
- achlorophyllous
- without chlorophyll
- achma
- anvil shaped
- acicula
- small needle-like or bristle-like structure
- acicular
- 1. needle-shaped, 2. acerose,
3. Examples: Scotch
Pine (Pinus
sylvestris)
- aciculate
- marked with pin pricks or needle scratches
- acid
- 1. a substance with hydrogen ions available for
chemical activity, 2. a solution with a ph
reading of more than 0 and less than 7, 3. sour
soils
- acidophilous
- 1. a plant which prefers acid
soil, 2. acid loving
- acid soil
- soil with a ph
lower than 7.0
- acidic
- being acid
- acidify
- to lower the ph of the soil or growing media
- acies
- the edge of some angled stems
- aciform
- acicular
- acinaceous
- consisting of or full of kernels
- acinacifolious
- having scimitar-shaped leaves
- acinaciform
- 1. shaped like a scimitar, 2. a leaf with one edge convex
and thin, the other straighter and thick
- acinarious
- covered with little round, stalked, grape-like sacs
- aciniform
- 1. in the form of grapes, or growing in grape-like structures,
2. acinose
- acinose
- resembling a bunch of grapes
- acma
- anvil shaped
- acorn
- 1. the dry
fruit of an Oak tree, 2. in botanical terms a nut,
2. Examples:Red Oak (Quercus
rubra ), Bur
Oak (Quercus
macrocarpa)
- acranthous
- having the inflorescence borne on the tip of the main axis
- acrid
- having a sharp, bitter or biting taste
- actinomorphic
- 1. a regular
flower, 2. flowers that can be bisected by
more than one plane, 2. flowers which are radial
symmetrical, 3.
Examples: Lipstick
Alpine Strawberry(Fragaria), Madagascar
Periwinkle (Catharanthus
roseus)
- acula
- 1. stemless,
acaulescent
- acuminate
- 1. apex
is tapering to a point with slightly concaved sides, 2. tapering
to a fine point, 3. Examples: Japanese
Lilac (Syringia
reticulata), Doublefile
Viburnum (Viburnum
plicatum var tomemtosa)
- acute
- 1. apex
is tapering to a point with slightly convex sides, 2. sharply
pointed, 3. Examples: Giant
Purple Hyssop (Agastache
scrophulariaefolia)
- acutifolia
- 1. pointed leaves, 2. Example: Calamagrostis
Karl Forester (Calamagrostis
acutifolia)
- ad
- prefix meaning to or toward
- adaxial
- 1. the side toward the axis,
2. ventral, 3. upside
of an organ such as
a leaf, 4. opp. abaxial
- adnate
- growing together or attaches
- adnation
- fusion of unlike parts
- adnate stipules
- stipules
which adhere to the sides of the petiole
- adnexed
- annexed or touching but not attached
- adobe soils
- 1. dense clay-like, alkaline
soil, 2. gumbo
- adpressed
- 1.lying close to another organ, but not fused
to it , 2. Example: the scale-like leaves
of, Arborvitae
The Giant (Thuja
plicata), Creeping Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster
adpressus)
- adult phase
- the stage of plants capable of producing flowers
and fruit
- adventicius
- latin for coming from the outside, as in
adventitious roots
- adventitious
- occurring in unusual or unexpected locations,
such as buds on the leaves, prop
roots of corn, prop roots of Mangrove Trees, etc.
- adventitious
plantlets
- plantlets
which develops along the margins of leaves.
- adventitious
roots
- 1. roots developing from unusual places, 2. roots
developing from a rhizome,
3 Examples:Monstrose
Philodendron (Monstera
deliciosa)
- adventitious shoots
- 1. a shoot developing from an unusual place,
such as a sucker, 2.
Examples of plants with suckers or a suckering habit: Gray
Twig Dogwood (Cornus
racemosa), Pleomele (Pleomele
reflexa)
- aenea(-us,-um)
- 1. of a bronze color, Example: Carex aenea
- aerial
- occurring above ground or water
- aerial roots
- 1. roots developing
above ground level, 2 adventitious
roots, 3 pneumatophores ,4.
knees
- aeruginosa (-us,-um)
- 1. having deep green with blue color, 2: Example:
Euphorbia aeruginosa var minor has a deep green stem with blue
coloration
- afoliate
- without leaves
- after ripening
- physiological conditions that occur within a
seed so that germination
can take place (seed
dormancy)
- agglomerate
- 1. crowded in a dense cluster, 2. similar to
glomerate, aggregate
- aggregate
- 1. densely clustered, 2. glomerate
- aggregate fruit
- 1. a fruit
formed from the aggregation of many ripened ovaries
that originate from a single flower,
2. a fruit formed from a flower with many ovaries such as blackberry,
strawberry, raspberry, etc.
- AHS
- American Horticultural Society
- aianthous
- 1. continuously in bloom or flower, 2. semperflorous
- air
layering
- 1. A method of plant propagation
where a cut is made in the stem of the plant, wrapped with sphagnum
moss in a water proof material, and the plant will form
roots at this point., 2. a form of layering
- akene
- achene
- alar
- 1. wing-shaped,
2. wing-like
- alate
- 1. having wings
or wing-like appendages, 2. winged
- alatus (-a,-um)
- 1. wings, 2. Examples: Winged Burning Bush(Euonymus
alata), Black-eyed
Susan Vine (2) (Thunbergia alata)
- alba
- 1. having a white color, 2. Example: White Bleeding
Heart (Dicentra
spectablils alba), Cream Gentian (Gentiana
alba), White Wild Indigo (Baptisia
alba var macrophylla )
- albi-flora
- 1. white flowers, 2. Example: Variegated
Inch Plant (Tradescantia
albiflora albo-vittata)
- albo
- in a compound word meaning white
- albo-aurea
- 1. white and gold(aurea),
2. Example:
Gold-striped Hakone Grass (Hakonechloa
macra Albo-aurea)
- albo-maculata
- 1. spotted (maculata)
in white
- albo-marginate
- 1. white edged or margin, 2. Example:Silver
Crown Hosta (Hosta
undulata albo-marginata)
- albo-striata
- 1. striped or striated in white
- albo-vittata
- 1. with white stipes lengthwise (vittata),
2. Example: Variegated
Inch Plant (Tradescantia
albiflora albo-vittata)
- algae
- A very diverse group of plant-like (but not plants)
organisms that are placed in the Protista Kingdom. They have
no true roots, stems or leaves.
- alkaline
- 1. substances that have a ph
reading of over 7.0
- alkaline soils
- 1. soils with a ph of over 7.0, 2. sweet soil
- alien
- 1. an exotic
plant, 2. a plant primarily of European or Asian origin that
was accidentally or intentionally introduced into an area
- alata
- tall
- alternate
- 1. branches or leaves attached to the side of
the stem at different heights, on different sides, 2. alternate
and are not straight across or opposite, 2. Example: Tricolor
Beech (Fagus
sylvatica Tricolor)
- alternation of generation
- alternating between the haploid
gametophytes stage
and the diploid sporophyte
stage of the life cycle of a sexually reproducing organism
- albomarginata
- 1. Having white veins, 2. Example: Silver
Crown Hosta (Hosta
undulata albo-marginata)
- alburnum
- 1. sapwood,
2. most recently formed wood
- alpina (alpinus,
alpinum)
- 1. from an
alpine area, 2. a dwarf plant, 2. Example: Alpine Columbine
(Aquilegia
alpina), Greenmound Alpine Current (Ribes
alpinium)
- alpine
- above the tree line in mountainous areas
- alpine house
- a well ventilated cool greenhouse where the winter
temperatures may go as low as 20 degrees F
- apine lawn
- an area planted to resemble a mountainous meadow
- alpine plant
- any plant that is normally found growing on mountains
usually above the tree line
- amaranth
- 1. a deep reddish purple to dark or grayish,
purplish red, 2. any member of the genus Amaranthus; Pigweed
(Amaranthus
retroflexus), Joesph's Coat (Amaranthus
tricolor)
- Amaryllis
- A group of bulbous plants belonging to the Amarlyillidaceae
family. Named after Amaryllis a beautiful shepherdess of classical
poetry.
- amblyanthus (amblyanthum,
amblyantha)
- a blunt flower
- ament
- 1. many reduced, unisexual flowers borne close
together on a common axis, with subtending scales, 2.
catkin
- amethystina
- 1. violet
- amoena
- pleasant, delightful
- amphanthium
- a dilated receptacle found in some inflorescences
- amplectant
- amplexicaul
- amplexicaul
- 1. a leaf clasping
the stem, 2 Examples: Common
Sow thistle (Sonchus
oleraceus ), Spiny-Leaved
Sow Thistle (Sonchus
asper)
- ampliate
- expanded or enlarge
- ampulla
- a bladder or swelling
- ampullaceous
- swelling out like a bottle or a bladder
- ananthous
- lacking stamens
- anathous
- without or lacking flowers
- anatrose
- 1. directed forward or upward, 2. retrose
(opp)
- androecium
- 1. male part of the flower, 2. collectively all the stamens
- anemphilous
- wind pollinated
- angio
- greek prefix meaning vessel
- angiosperm
- 1. a class of plants that form their seed
enclose in an ovary,
2. a class of plants that flower
and the seeds are enclosed
in a fruit, 3. in general
terms a flowering plant
- angular
- having several outward or upward facing angles
on the margin.
- angustifolia
- 1. narrow leaves, 2. Examples Spreading Zinnia
Star Mix (Zinnia
angustifolia), Russian Olive (Eleagnus
angustifolia ), to search for more uses of angustifolia
- annual
- 1. plants that germinates, grows, flowers and
sets seed in one growing season and than dies, 2. a plant that
completes it's life cycle in one growing season
- annual
ring
- 1. one of the pattern of concentric circles formed
during each growing season, 2. consists of an inner spring
wood ring and an outer
summerwood ring, 3. can be counted to determine the age
of the plant
- annular
- ring like
- annulus
- a membranous ring around the stipe
of a mushroom
- annulus
- a specialized ring of cells around the sporangia
of a fern, aids in spore
dispersal by a spring like action
- anthecology
- 1. the study of the relationship between plants
and pollinators, 2. interrelationship of flowers and flowering
plants with their environments.
- anther
- part of the
stamen that produces the pollen, usually located
on the top of the filament
- anther sac
- pollen containing
sac of the anther
- anthesis
- the period of flowering
- anthesmotaxis
- arrangement and organization of the various
parts of a flower
- anthine
- in reference to flowers
- anthium
- a flower or a portion of a flower
- Anthocerotophyta
- A plant division
consisting of nonvascular
plants commonly called Hornworts.
There are about 100 species of these distributed throughout
the world.
- anthocyanin
- water soluble pigment found in plants responsible
for creating pink, reds, blues, purples, etc.
- anthomania
- passion or fancy for flowers
- anthomaniac
- a person who is intensely fond of flowers
- apetalous
- 1. flowers lacking petals ,
2. Example: Chenille
Plant (Acalypha
hispida), Mount Airy Fothergilla
(Fothergilla
gardenii Mt. Airy)
- apex
- tip or
terminal end of a branch, leaf, etc.
- apical
- 1. referring to the apex,
2. located at the tip
- apical bud
- stems growing tip
- apical dominance
- 1. plants demonstrating strong apical growth
with a dominant growing point, 2. many times the only way
these
plants will produce later branches is by removal of the apical
tip, 3. Examples:
Red Edge
Dracaena (Dracaena
marginata), Yucca
(Yucca
elephantipes),
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
(Picea
glauca conica), Ti
Plant (Cordyline
terminalis)
- apical meristem
- meristematic tissue located at the apex of
a stem contributing cells to the length of the stem
- apices
- 1. tip, 2. apex
- apicula
- apiculus
- apiculate
- 1. ending abruptly in a small point, 2. Example:
String
of Peas (
Senecio rowleyanus)
- apiculation
- apiculus
- apiculus
- a small slender point
- aphids
- a sap sucking insect, comes in a variety of colors
from clear to peach green to gray, soft bodied
- appressed hairs
- hairs that lie flat against the stem or surface
of the leaves
- apocarp
- with carpels
forming separate pistils
- apocarpus
- 1. having the carpels
separate, 2. flowers that have carpels separate and distinct
- apothecium
- cup-shaped fruiting body of some fungus or lichen
- arachnoid
- cobywebby, soft entangled hair
- arbor
- a light open structure formed either from plants,
planted close together to be self supporting or formed from
latticework frame covered with plants
- arboraceous
- tree-like
- arboreal
- 1. tree-like, 2. living in trees, 3. pertaining
to trees
- arboreous
- 1. wooded, 2. woodland
- arborescent
- 1. branching like a tree, 2. tree-like, 3. becoming
a tree with the form and size, 3. Examples: Tree
Jade (Crassula
arborescence)
- arboretum
- 1. a collection of trees, 2. a tree museum
- arboriculture
- the cultivation of trees and shrubs
- arborist
- a person involved in the pruning and care of
trees
- arching
- curving gracefully
- arcuate
- arched, bent like a bow
- areola
- same as areole
- areole
- 1. the area from which the spines
of a cactus originate, 2. a raised cushion like structure
characteristic of all cactus, 3. a small clearly marked area
on the surface, 4. Example: Bunny
Ears Cactus (Opuntia
microdasys)
- areolate
- marked with areoles
- argentatus (-a,
-um)
- silvered
- argenteo
- used in compound words to designate silver
- argenteus(-a,
um)
- 1. silvery, 2. Examples: Jade (Crassula
argentea) gets silvery flecks on the leaves
- argentinus (-a,
-um)
- from Argentina
- aril
- 1. a fleshy seed
coat, 2. extra seed coat, 3. an appendage or thickening
of the seed coat
- aromatic
- 1. having a scent, 2. Examples of plants with
aromatic foliage: Purple Sage(Salvia
officinalis purpurea), Lavender(Lavendula
angustifolia Munstead), Lemon Scented Geranium (Pelargoium
crispum), Scented Geranium Snowflake(Pelargonium
capitatum Snowflake)
- articulate
- having nodes or joints where
separation may naturally occur, such as Horse
Tails (equisetum)
- arvensis
(arvense)
- 1. a weed
found in cultivated fields, 2. Examples: Canada Thistle (Cirsium
arvense), Field Penny Crest (Thlaspi
arvense)
- asexual propagation
- 1. any of a number of forms of propagation
other than seeds, 2. similar to vegetative
propagation
- asexual reproduction
- 1. a form of reproduction not involving the union
of a male and female reproductive gamete,
2. reproduction
other than the formation of a seed
such as cuttings, division, a spore
tc.
- ascomycetes
- 1. a class of the Fungi
kingdom, 2.
common name is sac fungi,
3. yeast, morel, truffles,
ergot of rye, Dutch Elm Disease, Chestnut Blight, etc.
- astringent
- foliage with a soapy or medicinal aroma because
of the presence of saponium or other chemicals
- atropurpurea
- 1. deep magenta, 2. Example: Rosey Glow Barberry
(Berberis
thunbergi atropupurea)
- aurantica(-is,-um)
- 1. orange, 2. Example Purple
Passion Plant (Gynura
aurantica) has orange flowers
- aureus (-a,
-um)
- 1. golden, 2. Example: Golden Mach Orange (Philadelphus
coronarius aureus)
- auriculate
- ear shaped extensions at the base of a leaf or
some petals
- autotrophs
- 1. organisms that produce their own energy by
photosynthesis
or chemeosynthesis
, 2. autotrophs
- autotroph
- an autotrophic
organism
- awl-shaped
- 1. tapering from the base to a sharp point as
in the leaves of an Arborvitae, Aloe, etc., 2.
subulate
- awn
- 1.a slender, stiff terminal bristle attached
at its base to another structure or organ such as a leaf or
grass stem
- axil
- 1. the point of the angle between a stem or axis
and a leaf, 2. the angle between the stem of the plant and the
leaf growing from it
- axillary
- located in the axil
of a leaf or a branch
- axillary branch
- 1. a branch located in the axil
of a branch, 2. Example:Rubber
tree (Ficus
elastica)
- axillary inflorescence
- 1. buds found in the leaf axis, 2.Examples:
Henbit
(Labium
amplexicaule), Motherwort
(Leonurus
cardiaca)
- axillary
bud
- a bud located
or arising from the axil
- axis
- 1. the portion of a plant from which lateral
branches arise, 2. the main stem of the plant
- azotobacter
- a genus of nitrogen fixing bacteria
- azureum
- light blue
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B
- baccate
- 1. like a berry,
2. having berries, 3. pulpy
- bacciferous
- producing
berries
- back bulb
- 1. a
pseudobulb found at the back of an Orchid's flower stem,
2. a bulb which borne
a flower in a previous season
- bacteria
- Microscopic single celled organisms vital to
the decomposition of
organic material in the soil, along with fixation of atmospheric
nitrogen. Also can be a disease causing
organism.
- balled
- a term used to describe a rose bud that has not opened properly
- banner
- 1. the large upper petal, 2. the standard
- barbate
- bearded with long stiff hairs
- barbed
- having short firm retrose
points
- barbellate
- hairs with barbs down the sides
- bare root
- a dormant plant that is sold without soil
- bark
- 1. outer dead layer of woody plants found on
the exterior of stems and branches, 2. all tissue outside of
the vascular cambium,
made of cork cells
- barren
- infertile
- basal
- 1. leaves or shoots arising from the base of
the plant that may differ from the other leaves, 2.
radical, 3. basal
rosette
- basal break
- 1. a new shoot, branch, etc. coming from the
basal area of the plant, 2. used to describe a strong new cane growing from
the
bud union of a rose
- basal
lobes
- 1. the lower lobes
adjacent to the petiole,
2.Examples: Night
Shade (Solanum
dulcamara)
- basal plate
- compressed
stem axis within a
bulb
- basal rosette
- 1. a group of leaves originating from the base
of a plant forming a rosette,
2. leaves are grouped from a central point in a circular shape,
3 . Examples: Broadleaf
Plantain (Plantago
major), Shooting
Star (Dodecatheon
meadia (2)),
Giant Coneflower (Rudbeckia
maxima)
- base
- the bottom of the leaf blade
- basic
- 1. a substance with a ph
reading of greater than 7. sweet
- basic soil
- a soil with a ph
higher than 7.0
- batter
- the slight backward slope of a wall
- beak
- 1. a short, stout thicken appendage of a seed
or fruit, 2. Example:
Common
agrimonia (2)
(Agrimonia
gryposepala)
- beard
- hairs on the falls of some Iris, awn
on some grasses
- bearded
- 1. having a beard,
2. having bristly hair
- berry
- 1. a fleshy fruit that originates from a single
pistil, containing one or more seeds, 2. a fleshy indehiscent
fruit originating from one pistil containing one or more seeds
- bi
- prefix meaning two or twice
- bicolor
- 1. a flower with two different colored petals,
2. in Iris flowers, different colored standards and falls
- bicrenate
- a crenate
margin of a leaf where
the teeth are also crenate
- bidentate
- having two teeth
- biennial
- 1. plant that lives two years, grows vegetative
one year, flowers and sets seeds the next, 2. Examples of
biennial plants: Teasel (Dipsacus
sylvestris), Wild Carrot (Daucus
carota ), Common Burdock (Arctium
minus), Garlic Mustard (Allairia
petiolata), Hollyhock (Alcea
rosea)
- bifid
- 1. two lobed
or deeply two-cleft, 2. usually occurs from the tip of a
leaf
- bifurcated
- 1. a structure that is divided into two equal
parts along some portion of its length. 2. May refer to petals
that are deeply notched at their tips
- bilabiate
- having two lips
- bilobed(bilobiate)
- divided into two
lobes
- bio
- 1. prefix meaning life, 2. Examples:
biology-the study of life,
bio diversity-many different organisms
- biodiversity
- the number and variety of different plants, animals
and other organisms in a given area
- biology
- the study of life
- biotic
- The living components of an ecosystem (opposite
abiotic)
- bipartite
- 1. a leaf divided almost to the base into two
divisions, 2. consisting of two parts, 2. divided into two parts
- bipinnate
- 1.twice pinnately , 2. leaflets
are further divided into more leaflets, 3. Example: Japanese
Shield Fern (Dryopteris
erythrosora), China
Doll (Radermachera
sinica)
- bipinnate leaflet
- a leaflet that is further pinnately divided
- bipinnately lobed
- 1. leaves that have pairs of lobes arranged oppositely
from each other along the length, 2. pinnatifid
- bipinnatifid
- 1. twice pinnately divided, 2.
bipinnate
- bipinnatisect
- 1. a pinnately compound leaf, in which
each leaflet is again divided into pinnae,
2. twice pinnately cleft, 3. Example: Pine
Scented Geranium (Pelargonium
dentullatum Pine)
- bipinnately
compound
- 1. a pinnately
compound leaf where the leaflets
further divided into more leaflets
- bis
- a prefix bi
- bisect(-a,
-us, -um)
- divided into two equal parts
- biserrate
- 1. a serrated
leaf with small teeth located on the larger teeth, 2. doubly
serrated
- bisexual
- 1. flowers having both sexes on the same flower,
2. flowers having the stamen and pistil on
the same flower, 2. a perfect
flower, 3. Examples Daylilly (2),
(3),
(4)
- biternate
- 1. twice
ternate, 2. the divisions are again divided into three parts
- bitone
- 1. The petals and sepals differ
in shade or intensity of the same basic color, 2. in Iris flowers
two shades
of the same
color, falls are usually
darker, 3. Tall
Bearded Iris Gat Personal (Tall
Bearded Iris)
- bivalve
- having two valves
- blackish
- somewhat black, dark or dusky
-
- blade
- 1. expanded part of leaf or petiole,
2. flatten part of a leaf
- blanda(-us,
um)
- 1. mild, pleasing, charming, etc., 2. Example:
Anemone
blanda
- bleeding
- losing sap
from plant tissue
- blend
- 1. Two or more colors which gradually merge, 2. in Iris flowers
a combination of two or more colors blending together, one
of which is usually yellow
- blind shoot
- a non-flowering growth that must be removed to enable the
plant to expend its energy on creating flowers rather than
foliage
- blocky structure
- roughly cubical form of soil structure
- bog
- 1. A standing body of water with no underground
spring of fresh water to feed it. The water is generally cold,
extremely acidic and low in oxygen., 2. An area of soft, naturally
waterlogged ground. 3. Any of certain other wetland areas, such
as a fen, having a peat substrate. (peat bog)
- bole
- stem of a tree
- bolting
- premature flowering
- bonsai
- a method of dwarfing trees and shrubs developed
by Japanese
- boreal
- referring to the cooler regions of the Northern
Hemisphere
- botanical name
- the scientific name of the plant including the
genus and
species
- botany
- the science of studing plants
- bract
- 1. a leaf that
has been reduced or modified, associated with but not part of
the flower or inflorescence,
2. Example: Origanum
Kent Beauty(Origanum
rotundifolium)
- bracteal
- having the form or position of a bract
- bracteate
- 1. having bracts,
2. provided with bracts
- bracted
- bracteate
- bracteole
- 1. a very small or diminutive bract
on the axis of a flower, 2. small bracts within an inflorescence
- bractlet
- bracteole
- bracket
fungi
- shelf
fungi
- braided stem
- 1. the process of braiding stems together, commonly
done to Ficus, 2. Examples Long
Leaf Fig (Ficus
binnendilkii)
- bramble
- coarse prickly shrub
- bristle
- 1. a short stiff coarse hair, 2. Example: EasterCactus
(Rhipsalidosis
gaertneri )
- bristle tipped
- 1. the tips of lobes, etc are pointed, 2. Example: Red
Oak(Quercus
rubra)
- bristly
- 1. having short stiff hairs or
bristles, 2. Example: Piggy
Back Plant (Tolmiea
menziesii ), Compass
Plant (2)
(Silphinum
laciniatum )
- broadcast (
ing)
- A method of sowing seeds, spreading
fertilizer, etc., by casting (throwing) the material in
a random pattern, either by hand or using a broadcast spreader.
- broadleaf
- plants with relatively broad rather than needle-like
or scale-like leaves
- broadleaf evergreen
- a woody plant with broad, flat leaves that remain
green and functional throughout the year(evergreen),
2. opposite (deciduous),
3. Examples: Euonymus
Canadale (Euonymus
fortunei "Canadale"), Boxwood
(Buxus)
- bronzing
- 1. a metallic bronze or coppery color, 2. occurs
in specific plants (many conifers) during the winter, 3. Example:Siberian
Cypress (Microbiota
decussata), Rheingold
Arborvitae (Thuja
occidentalis Rheingold)
- Bryophyta
- A plant division
consisting of nonvascular
plants commonly called Mosses. There are about 1500 species
of these distributed throughout the world. This division is
divided into three classes commonly called peat mosses,
true mosses and rock mosses.
- Bryophytes
- Members of the plant kingdom
consisting of nonvascular
plants in the Hepaticophyta (Liverworts),
Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) and Bryophyta (Mosses) plant divisions.
- bud
- an undeveloped leaf shoot or flower
- bud
scales
- overlapping protective tissue surrounding the
bud
- bud union
- the swelling on the bottom of a plant stem where the graft is joined with the root stock
- bulb
- 1. an underground food and water storage organ,
2. underground stem surrounded
by modified leaves (scales), 3. a short flattened stem having
fleshy storage leaves, 4. typical bulbs would be onion, tulips,
daffodils, etc.
- bulbil
- 1. a small immature bulb
attached to a parent bulb, 2. a small bulb in the leaf
axil
- bublet
- bulbil
- bulbous
- a plant that forms a bulb
- bulb pan
- a bulb pot
- bulb pot
- a shallow pot in which the height is 1/2 the width
- bundle
scars
- same as vascular
bundle scars
- bur
- a rough or prickly, hooked or barbed fruit (barbed
seed envelope) that
attaches to animals and clothing
- buttress roots
- 1. an adventitious
root growing from the base of trees adding support to the
tree, 2. a type of prop
root
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- cabana
- small building, simple structure or tent-like
structure found on beaches or around swimming pools and used
as bathhouses
- caerulea(-is,
um)
- 1. blue, 2. Example: Jacob's
Ladder (Polemonium
caeruleum) has blue flowers
- caespitose
- 1. a plant growing in tufts,
2. Example: Rebutia
(Rebutia
marsoneri)
- calcarate
- 1. spurred,
as in the flower of Aquilegia, 2. Examples: Golden Columbine
(Aquilegia
chrysantha ), Heidi Columbine (Aquilegia
vulgaris), Columbine
(Aquilegia
canadensis)
- caliciole
- found growing only in limestone
soils
- calyptra
- 1. lid-like or cap-like, 2. a term for the cap
of a moss capsule
- calyx
- 1. a term describing the cluster of sepals,
2. Examples Salvia
Black and Blue (Salvia
guaranitica)
- cambium
- tissue or cells capable of unlimited growth
- campanulate
- 1. bell shaped flowers, 2.Example: Peachleaf
Campanula(Campanula
percisifolia)
- campylotropous
- ovules bent over at a 90 degree angle to the
stalk which appears to be attached to the stalk
- canadensis
- 1. Canadian, 2. often used to represent northeastern
USA, 3. Examples: Red
Bud
(Cercis
canadensis), Canadian Ginger (Asarum
canadensis)
- canaliculate
- having a longitudinal (lengthwise) groove or
channel
- canariensis (-is,-e)
- 1. of the Canary Islands, 2. Examples: Canary
Island Ivy (Hedera
canariensis)
- candida
- 1. white, 2. Example: White Prairie Clover(Dalea
candida),
- cane
- 1. a woody
stem arising from the
ground usually long and pliable, 2. a hollow or straight stem
of plants such as raspberry, reeds, roses, etc.
- canescent
- 1. covered in short white hairs that are usually
white or gray, very fine and short 2. gray hoary
pubescence
- canus (-a,-um)
- Ash colored, off white
- cap
- 1. the top of a toadstool mushroom, 2. calyptra
- caperatus (-a,
-um)
- wrinkled
- capillaceus (-a,-um)
- 1. slender, 2. with fine hair
- capillatus
(-a, -um)
- with fine hair
- capitate
- forming a dense compact cluster of smaller flowers
- capitellate
- diminutive of capitate
- capitulum
(pl. capitula)
- 1. a dense, compact flower head of small stalkless
flowers 2. a composite
head, 3. Example: Kiss-Me-Over-The-Gate (Polginum
oriental)
- capsule
- 1. a dry
fruit produced from a compound
pistil and the seed
pod splits along several seams, 2. examples:poppy, iris, violets,
orchids, lilies, snapdragons, etc., 2. Examples:European
Euonymus ( Euonymus
europaeus), Prickly
Ash (Zanthoxylum
americanum ), Flower-of-an-hour
(Hibiscus
trionum)
- cardinalis(-a,-um)
- 1. red, 2. Example: Cardinal flower (Lobelia
cardinalis) has red f
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