matricary

Botrychium matricariifolium
Wikispecies:Botrychium matricariifolium

(botany) Applied to the fern Botrychium matricariifolium.


manoxylic

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “sparse”) + xylic, equivalent to mano- + xylic.

Coordinate term: pycnoxylic

The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays.

1991, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences, page 122:

Initially, the family included only one stem genus of Calamopitys but later as many as seven stem genera, namely, Calamopitys, Stenomyelon, Diichnia with manoxylic wood […]

2007, C. M. Govil, Gymnosperms Extinct and Extant, page 22:

(botany, of wood) Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.


hedychium

(botany) Any plant of the genus Hedychium.


uredostage

(botany) Synonym of uredo (“summer stage in the life history of certain rust”)


hippeastrum

(botany) Any plant of the genus Hippeastrum.


helianthaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the Helianthaceae.


subfleshy

en-adj

subfleshy (comparative more subfleshy, superlative most subfleshy)

more subfleshy (comparative)
most subfleshy (superlative)

The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).

1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 422:

(botany, mycology) Somewhat or partially fleshy.


subcentric

subcentric (comparative more subcentric, superlative most subcentric)

more subcentric (comparative)
most subcentric (superlative)

(zoology, botany) Nearly or almost in the center of something; subcentral.


calamitoid

calamitoid (comparative more calamitoid, superlative most calamitoid)

more calamitoid (comparative)
most calamitoid (superlative)


gordonia

(botany) Any plant of the genus Gordonia.


polyxylic

Coordinate term: monoxylic

The occurrence of polyxylic steles has been reported in Cycas, Encephalartos, Lepidozamia, and Macrozamia […] but is not always present in every species of these genera.

2001, David Pearson, New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave, page 237:

Cycas initially has a single ring of vascular bundles (monoxylic); however, one or more concentric vascular bundle rings appear outside the primary ring of bundles in the older stems showing polyxylic condition (figure 4.21).

2023, Dr. Romesh Singh Bhaal, Dr. Komal, Diversity of Microbes, Algae, Fungi and Archegoniates, page 216:

(botany) Having multiple rings of vascular bundles.


beard tree

(botany, obsolete, rare) The hazel tree.


rosemary pine

en-noun

rosemary pine (countable and uncountable, plural rosemary pines)

(botany) Any of three common pines of the southeastern United States: the loblolly pine, the longleaf pine, and the shortleaf pine.


pseudoaquatic

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoaquatic.wav

(botany) Found growing in wet places, but not truly aquatic.


vegetable acid

vegetable acid (countable and uncountable, plural vegetable acids)

(botany, chemistry) Any type of acid that originates in plants.


acquisition feeding time

(agriculture, botany, virology) The amount of time required for a successful acquisition of a virus by its vector for subsequent transmission, in which it then becomes viruliferous.


root cap

(botany) A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root;


cordaitean

(botany) Of or relating to the cordaites.


calathiform

en-adj

calathiform (comparative more calathiform, superlative most calathiform)

more calathiform (comparative)
most calathiform (superlative)

From Latin calathus (“wicker basket”) + -iform.

Only young buds seen. Bracts apparently at the apex of the pedicels, calathiform, c. 3 mm in diameter, the cavity c. 2 mm deep. Pedicels c. 3,5 mm long.

1966, J. Lanjouw, P. F. Baron Van Heerdt, “Quiinaceae”, in A. Pulle, editor, Flora of Suriname, volume III, part I: Dyalypetalae, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 380:

(especially botany, rare) Basket-shaped.


geminiform

The Upper Skiddaw of the Lake District possibly includes some horizons not embraced in the more typical and Upper Arenig beds of South Wales, or in the corresponding Scanian strata that overlie the Swedish Orthoceras-Limestone; but in all these beds the salient character of the Graptolite fauna is the predominance of individuals of Didymograptus, among which the "geminiform" species D. bifidus, Hall, is especially common.

1880, Charles Lapworth, “On the Geological Distribution of the Rhabdophora. Part III. Results”, in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume V (fifth series), number XXV, London: Taylor and Francis, page 279:

(botany, rare) Having a structure consisting of two identical parts.


mucroniform

From Latin mūcrō, mūcrōnem (“a sharp point”) + -iform.

Perennials, densely caespitose; rhizome stout, branched, ascending or short with internodes very abbreviated; stem 15–25 (–33) cm long, c. 1 mm in diam.; cataphylls 3–4 (–5), obtuse, pale brown with blade mucroniform and 0.3–1.5 mm long; cauline leaf usually single; auricles narrow, distinct; sterile shoots usually single-leaved.

2002, Jan Kirschner, editor, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 6. Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula, Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, →ISBN, page 6:

(botany, rare) Having a sharp pointed end or mucro.


palaceous

Borrowed from New Latin palaceus (“spade-like”), from pāla (“spear”) + -āceus.

bor+

Alpina, however, has a black or brownish rachis with scattered palaceous hairs, while that of glabella is entirely smooth and green.

1901, Willard Nelson Clute, Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 99:

(botany, dated) Of a leaf: having a spade-like shape.


subbranched

(botany) Almost or imperfectly branched.


periporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having pores located in a non-central position.


zonoporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having pores arranged in discrete zones.


stephanoporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having more than three pores around its equator.


syncolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having longitudinal colpi that meet at the poles.


pantocolpate

(botany, palynology, of pollen) Having grooves, or colpi, all over each grain.


zonocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having colpi arranged in distinct zones.


stephanocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having more than three colpi around its equator.


zonocolporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having colpori arranged in distinct zones.


heterocolporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having different types of compound colpi.


stephanocolporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having more than three colpori.


pericolporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having colpori located in a non-central position.


pericolpate

Erdman would call many of the "colpi" of a pericolpate grain sulculi, as they are not meridional, do not cross the equator, but are more-or-less parallel to it, or colpoids, if otherwise located.

2007, Alfred Traverse, Paleopalynology, page 120:

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having colpi located in a non-central position.


tetracolpate

The pollen grains are tetracolpate.

(botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having four grooves, or colpi, on each grain.


tetracolpate

(botany, taxonomy) A plant with tetracolpate (four-grooved) pollen.


dicolpate

The pollen grains are dicolpate.

(botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having two grooves, or colpi, on each grain.


dicolpate

The dicolpates are grouped into clades.

(botany, taxonomy) A plant with dicolpate (two-grooved) pollen.


sinuaperturate

(botany) With apertures situated in the sinuses (notches or depressions).


pseudocolporate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having a colporus that does not act as a functional aperture.


pseudocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having one or more colpi that do not form a functional aperture.


trichotomocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having three colpi, or grooves.


spiraperturate

[…] (spiraperturate pollen grains). Spiraperturate pollen grains are found in some liliopsids, such as Lomandra, Aphyllanthes , and Eriocaulaceae. A modified type of the spiraperturate pollen grain is observed in Baxteria[…]

1991, Armen Leonovich Takhtadzhi͡an, Evolutionary Trends in Flowering Plants, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 149:

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having an aperture that is spiral in shape.


heterocolpate

There are thus transitional stages between tetrads and monads (i.e. pollen grains shed singly), between saccate (=vesiculate) and non-saccate, fenestrate and non-fenestrate, heterocolpate and non-heterocolpate grains, etc.

2013 October 22, W. B. Turrill, Vistas in Botany: Recent Researches in Plant Taxonomy, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 25:

Heterocolpate pollen grains occur in some genera in which both colporate and simple colpi are found.

2018 December 19, Heine Klaus, Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands - Volume 26, Routledge, →ISBN:

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having both simple and compound colpi.


tetrazonocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having four colpi aligned longitudinally, equidistant around the equator.


trizonocolpate

(botany, of a pollen grain) Having three colpi aligned longitudinally, equidistant around the equator.


pugioniform

en-adj

pugioniform (comparative more pugioniform, superlative most pugioniform)

more pugioniform (comparative)
most pugioniform (superlative)

Borrowed from New Latin pugioniformis, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”).

pugioniformis (M. pugioniforme) has a tall thick st. to 2 ft.: lvs. to 6 in. long, glaucous, 3-angled, gradually tapering from base to apex (pugioniform or dagger-shaped): petals as long as calyx-lobes.

1930, “Conicosia”, in L[iberty] H[yde] Bailey, Ethel Zoe Bailey, editors, Hortus: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening, General Horticulture and Cultivated Plants in North America, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 168, column 2:


septemfoliate

(botany) Having seven leaves or leaflets.


funiform

funiform (comparative more funiform, superlative most funiform)

more funiform (comparative)
most funiform (superlative)

From Latin funis (“rope, cord”) + -form. First attested in 1862.

A series of small conical projections surround the edge, within which there is a double funiform elevation, similar to that in the diadem.

1862, William Wilde, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, page 29:

Plant with thick funiform or fusiform roots.

2003, V. I. Grubov, Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 7: Liliaceae to Orchidaceae, CRC Press, →ISBN:

Root reduced, with funiform, somewhat thickened secondary roots.

2007 January 5, L. I. Malyschev, Flora of Siberia, volume 12, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:

(chiefly biology, especially botany) Resembling a rope or cord.


fern ally

alternation of generations
alternation of generations

(botany) Any of a diverse group of seedless vascular plants that disperse by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations, but are not true ferns.


Pouyannian mimicry

Coined 1982 by Georges Pasteur, after Maurice-Alexandre Pouyanne, who described the behaviour in orchids in a 1916 paper.

2017, Wiley Blevins, Ninja Plants, Lerner Publishing Group (Twenty-First Century Books), page 52,
The plant world is full of mimics. In Pouyannian mimicry, a flower mimics a female insect to attract the right male pollinator.

(biology, botany) A type of mimicry exhibited by some plants, whereby certain flower parts resemble a (female) potential mate for a male of a pollinator species, thus inducing pseudocopulation.


hog's garlic

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual

(botany) Ramsons, of species Allium ursinum.


ombrohydrochory

(botany) Dissemination of the diaspores by rain water


squamelliferous

squamelliferous (comparative more squamelliferous, superlative most squamelliferous)

more squamelliferous (comparative)
most squamelliferous (superlative)


squamelliform

squamelliform (comparative more squamelliform, superlative most squamelliform)

more squamelliform (comparative)
most squamelliform (superlative)


smoothbark

(botany) Having smooth bark (used in the names of plants).


spadiciform

spadiciform (comparative more spadiciform, superlative most spadiciform)

more spadiciform (comparative)
most spadiciform (superlative)

From Latin spadix (“inflorescence”, stem spadic-) + -iform.


pelory

en-noun

pelory (countable and uncountable, plural pelories)


gregaric

en-adj

gregaric (comparative more gregaric, superlative most gregaric)

more gregaric (comparative)
most gregaric (superlative)

Within the Araschnia-clade, larval gregaric habits, host plants, and the conspicuously reddish

2004 March 1, Z. Fric, M. Konvicka, J. Zrzavy, “Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism”, in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, volume 17, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 265–278:


spicately

en-adv

spicately (comparative more spicately, superlative most spicately)

more spicately (comparative)
most spicately (superlative)

Leaves dilated, verticillate or alternate flowers; racemose or spicately racemose.

1839, Robert Sweet, F.L.S., edited by George Don, F.L.S., SWEET'S HORTUS BRITANNICUS; OR, A CATALOGUE OF ALL THE PLANTS INDIGENOUS OR CULTIVATED IN THE GARDENS OF GREAT BRITAIN, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL SYSTEM, WITH THE GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES ENGLISH NAMES ACCENTUATION DERIVATION OF GENERIC NAMES NATIVE COUNTRY YEAR OF INTRODUCTION TIME OF FLOWERING COLOUR OF FLOWERS MODE OF GROWTH DURATION REFERENCES TO THE BEST FIGURES THE MOST USEFUL SYNONYMES THE LINNEAN CLASS AND ORDER TO WHICH EACH GENUS BELONGS, Third edition, London: James Ridgeway, page 513:

The arrangement of individual inflorescence units is highly variable in Nivenia and Aristea but the ancestral condition is most likely racemose (Goldblatt, 1993a,b) with lateral inflorescences borne on short lateral branches (sessile lateral branches, thus spicately arranged, are considered homologous)

2004 January, Goldblatt, Peter, Le Thomas, Annick, Suárez-Cervera, Maria, “Phylogeny of the Afro-Madagascan Aristea (Iridaceae) revisited in the light of new data on pollen morphology.”, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 144, number 1, Appendix (section 16), page 67:

They consist of spicately or paniculately arranged glomerules of flowers.

2024 June 7, Wikipedia contributors, “Chenopodium”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

(botany) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.


root disease

(phytopathology) Any of several plant diseases affecting the root system.


alsinaceous

en-adj

alsinaceous (comparative more alsinaceous, superlative most alsinaceous)

more alsinaceous (comparative)
most alsinaceous (superlative)

From Alsinaceae, from Alsine + -aceae, from Latin alsine (“chickweed”), + -ous.

According to the manner in which the petals of a polypetalous corolla are arranged, they have received different names, which are thus defined by Link: […] the alsinaceous has short distant ones; […]

1832, John Lindley, “Of the Compound Organs in Flowering Plants” (chapter II), in An Introduction to Botany, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, page 119:

(botany, historical) Of or pertaining to the Alsinaceae (Caryophyllaceae) family, especially chickweed.


tristyly

(botany) The condition of being tristylous


bellyache weed

(botany, rare) A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.


querciform

Either formed in English from Latin quercus (“oak”) + -iform, parallel to taxonomic Latin querciformis, or formed in (taxonomic) Latin and borrowed into English.

AGLAOMORPHIA, [...] Sori non-indusiate, rotundate, [...] Fronds coriaceous, dimorphous, the sterile sessile querciform, brown rigid; [...]

1857, Thomas Moore, Index Filicum: A Synopsis, with Characters, of the Genera, and an Enumeration of the Species of Ferns : with Synonymes, References:

DYNARIA. A genus of polypodiaceous ferns, generally distinguishable by the productino of two separate kinds of fronds: the one pinnate or pinnatifid in the usual way, [...] the other [...] lobed at the edge so as to resemble the leaf of an oak, whence they are called querciform. [...] its dwarfed querciform sterile fronds. [...] the fronds of this species being sessile and querciform at the base, [...]

1866, John Lindley, Thomas Moore, The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom ; with which is Incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms, page 431:

Dr . M. DEBEY has recently published a fine memoir on some querciform leaves found in the sand rocks of Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia.

1883, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, page 9:

Querciform leaves deeply dentate, lower surface and stems with scattered large 1 cm. spines.

(botany, now uncommon, especially of a frond) Resembling an oak: in particular, resembling the (lobed) leaf of an oak.


barley scald

(botany, agriculture) A disease of barley caused by the fungus Rhynchosporium secalis.


barley smut

(botany, agriculture) A disease of barley caused by the fungus Ustilago nuda.

(botany, agriculture) A disease of barley caused by the fungus Ustilago hordei.


arenastatin

(organic chemistry, lichenology) One of a family of peptolides produced by cyanobacteria in lichens with IUPAC name (3S,10R,13Z,16S)-10-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-(2-methylpropyl)-16-[(1S)-1-[(2R,3R)-3-phenyloxiran-2-yl]ethyl]-1,4-dioxa-8,11-diazacyclohexadec-13-ene-2,5,9,12-tetrone.


thallodal

thallodal (comparative more thallodal, superlative most thallodal)

more thallodal (comparative)
most thallodal (superlative)

Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad.

1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99:

(botany) Resembling or having the character of a thallus.


thallodic

thallodic (comparative more thallodic, superlative most thallodic)

more thallodic (comparative)
most thallodic (superlative)

The 'thallodic' margin of the apothecia which is characteristic of many genera and contains Algae (see Figs. 86, 87, 89) belongs, as the name rightly expresses, to the thallus and not to the apothecium.

1887, [Heinrich] A[nton] de Bary, chapter VII. Phenomena of Vegetation, in Henry E. F. Garnsey, transl., edited by Isaac Bayley Balfour, Comparative Morphology and Biology of the Fungi, Mycetozoa and Bacteria, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, page 401:


isidiiferous

isidiiferous (comparative more isidiiferous, superlative most isidiiferous)

more isidiiferous (comparative)
most isidiiferous (superlative)

(lichenology) Bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).


ray floret

(botany) A female or sterile floret within a capitulum whose main feature is a corolla formed of a single showy petal.


low-growing

low-growing (comparative lower-growing, superlative lowest-growing)

lower-growing (comparative)
lowest-growing (superlative)

(botany, horticulture) Of plants, that grow relatively close to the ground.


tree cookie

Obtain tree cross-sections or “tree cookies” from a local tree-trimming service or other source, or make your own by sawing the trunk or limb of a fallen tree into sections 1–2 inch (4–5 cm) thick. To prevent them from splitting, dry the tree cookies either on a sunny driveway for five days or in a kitchen oven set to “warm” for five hours. Turn the cookies over periodically to dry both sides evenly.

2019, “Activity: Tree Cookies”, in Project Learning Tree, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

When a cross section of a tree is taken it is often referred to as a "tree cookie" due to its shape. The first year of growth is at the center of the tree cookie, while the last year’s growth is where the wood meets the bark.

2020-06-16, Science World, ASTC Science World Society, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

Tree cookies are cross sections of tree trunks that foresters and teachers use to illustrate how trees grow. Tree cookies reveal the many different layers that make up a tree.

2021 May 17, “Tree Cookies”, in Idahoforests.org, Idaho Forestry Products Commission, archived from the original on 2024-07-29:

(botany, forestry) A preserved horizontal cross-section of a tree trunk or limb, often demonstrating the physical structure and growth rings of the source plant.


drift fruit

Coordinate term: drift seed

(botany) A fruit adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.


homotypic synonym

en-noun

homotypic synonym (plural homotypic synonyms)

Coordinate term: heterotypic synonym

(botany, taxonomy) A scientific name that is based on the same type of specimen as another name for the same taxon.


epistrophic

en-adj

epistrophic (comparative more epistrophic, superlative most epistrophic)

more epistrophic (comparative)
most epistrophic (superlative)

The apostrophic or epistrophic arrangement is the result of complicated laws dependent on the action of light; very strong irritation of light causes the chlorophyll-grains to collect into one or two lumps, a phenomenon for which Schimper proposes the term systrophe.

1886, A. F. W. Schimper, “Chlorophyll-grains and Chromatophores”, in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 642:

The accompanying diagram shows all the information I have been able to collect regarding the plant's epistrophic interval.

1888, The Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany, page 356:

The epistropic interval varies in position and in extent in different species.

1897, Charles Benedict Davenport, Experimental Morphology - Part 1, page 190:

(botany) Pertaining to the arrangement of chlorophyll along the outer surface of a plant (in epistrophe), as opposed to an arrangement at right angles to the surface (in apostrophe).


limonium

(botany) Any plant of the genus Limonium.


lythrum

(botany) Any plant of the genus Lythrum.


diascia

(botany) Any plant of the genus Diascia.


alternipetalous

(botany) Having the parts of the flower, e.g. stamens, alternate in position with the petals.


floral envelope

en-noun

floral envelope (plural floral envelopes)


pseudostipular

(botany) Of or relating to a pseudostipule.


kettle trap

(botany) The kettle-like pitcher of any of the carnivorous pitcher plants, used to trap their prey.


symphylly

(botany) The condition of being symphyllous.


tuftedly

(botany) In a tufted manner; having tufts.


perforation plate

perforation plate (plural perforation plates)

(botany) In a tracheary element, part of the cell wall that is perforated, present in vessel members but not in tracheid cells.


clavuncula

(botany) In the Apocynaceae, an enlarged, drum-shaped stigma whose sides and lower surface are the receptive zones.


speirochory

(botany) The unintentional introduction of plants into an area by means of contaminated seed.


stilt root

(botany) A descending root growing from the trunk above ground and sometimes featuring lenticels.


rotately

(botany) In a rotate or wheel-shaped manner.


podocarpium

The laminae of these bracts are reduced so that only very short leaf tips are present. Whereas the podocarpium of the mature cone of P. elongatus and P. latifolius is always fleshy […]

(botany) In certain members of the Podocarpaceae, a group of fleshy fused bracts beneath the female cone that swell to enclose the developing seeds and attract frugivores.


consexual

en-adj

consexual (comparative more consexual, superlative most consexual)

more consexual (comparative)
most consexual (superlative)

Trees are polygamodioecious: There are male, female, and consexual trees. […] The species (Garcinia indica) has a very complex sexual system. Rawat and Bhatnagar (2005) considered this species as gynodioecious, whereas Rajasekharan and Ganeshan (2002) described it as polygamodioecious. Progenies of kokum raised from seeds segregate in the ratio: 37 males: 55 females: 8 consexual (Thatte and Deodhar 2012). Furthermore, male flowers are either pure males or with a pistillode; female flowers are either pure female or with staminodes (Bhaskaran and Krishnan 2012).

2023 October 11, N. Mini Raj, H. C. Vikram, V. A. Muhammed Nissa, E. V. Nybe, “Garcinia”, in Handbook of Spices in India: 75 Years of Research and Development, Singapore: Springer, →DOI, page 3014:

(botany) Having both male and female reproductive structures in a single individual.


uniflory

(botany) The quality of being uniflorous.


apophyllous

Coordinate term: gamophyllous

(botany) Having the perianth or other segments free, not united.


apocarp

(botany) A carpel of an apocarpous plant.


hypogyny

(botany) The property of being hypogynous.


furcraea

(botany) Any plant of the genus Furcraea.


blackaroon

en-noun

blackaroon (usually uncountable, plural blackaroons)

Next follows the small black Cherry called the Blackaroon, which are also a profitable commodity for the barrows.

1805, Sir Richard Phillips, Modern London, Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis, page 501:

Madock, White and Black Heart Cherries, Blackaroons, Kentish Cherries, and others, begin now to redden in abundance on the trees, and continue throughout the month, and part of the next; more particulars of which will be found in our catalogue of aestival fruits.

1824, Thomas Ignatius M. Forster, The perennial calendar, page 328:

The chestnut was chestan (O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.

1882, Francisque Michel, A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language with the View of Illustrating the Rise and Progress of Civilisation in Scotland, page 61:

(botany, rare) A species of small dark cherries found in Northern England and Scotland.


epecophyte

(botany) A species that is largely confined to artificial habitats.


agriophyte

(botany) A species that has invaded native vegetation and can survive there without human intervention.


soft scale

(botany, entomology) An immobile insect that anchors a strawlike mouthpart to feed on plant phloem or sap.


infloration

The flowers are complete; infloration a cyme, corymb or spike; calyx persistent[…]

(obsolete, botany) The arrangement of flowers on a plant; inflorescence.