Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant...
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Glossary of botanical terms (redirect from Olim (botany))
botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well...
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In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants...
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Botany Bay (Dharawal: Kamay) is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business...
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In botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower, or, after fecundation, an infructescence or a solitary fruit. The peduncle...
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan. Pollan presents case studies mirroring four...
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Botany Boyz are a rap group from Houston, Texas, United States. They are the owners of the labels Big Shot Records and Plat-Num Productions. One of the...
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Look up botany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Botany is the scientific study of plant life. Botany may also refer to: Botany (New Zealand electorate)...
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Bract (redirect from Involucre (botany))
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or...
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In botany, a whorl or verticil is a whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or...
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Botany is a natural science concerned with the study of plants. The main branches of botany (also referred to as "plant science") are commonly divided...
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Subspecies (redirect from Subspecies (botany))
the only taxonomic rank below that of species that can receive a name. In botany and mycology, under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi...
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In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate...
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In botany, an awn is either a hair- or bristle-like appendage on a larger structure, or in the case of the Asteraceae, a stiff needle-like element of the...
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In botany and plant taxonomy, a series is a subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species....
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In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports...
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Aestivation or estivation is the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes...
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Fruit (redirect from Fruit (botany))
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy). Fruits...
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A leaflet (occasionally called foliole) in botany is a leaf-like part of a compound leaf. Though it resembles an entire leaf, a leaflet is not borne on...
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Institute of Botany may refer to: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jiangsu Institute of Botany, China Kunming Institute of Botany, China Władysław...
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Duckworth & Co. Ltd. p. 121. Swartz, Delbert (1971). Collegiate Dictionary of Botany. New York: The Ronald Press Company. p. 162. Lerner, Rosie. "Corn - Ears"...
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In botany, sessility (meaning "sitting", in the sense of "resting on the surface") is a characteristic of plant organs such as flowers or leaves that have...
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The following outline is an overview of and topical guide to botany, the biological academic discipline involving the study of plants. Bud Cell wall Chlorophyll...
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In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as pedicellate. Pedicel refers to...
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In botany, the petiole (/ˈpiːti.oʊl/) is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.: 87 : 171 It is able to twist the leaf to face the sun, producing...
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Botany is a suburb of the East Auckland in New Zealand. It developed in the early 2000s, and is centred around the Botany Town Centre commercial area...
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Sepal (redirect from Calyx (botany))
A sepal (/ˈsɛpəl, ˈsiːpəl/) is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower...
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weed Weed Davey, J. (2007). "Crop Ferality and Volunteerism". Annals of Botany. 99 (1): 205–206. doi:10.1093/aob/mcl244. PMC 2802985. "Plant Literature...
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Botany Manor is a 2024 video game developed by English independent developer Balloon Studios and published by Whitethorn Games. The game is a puzzle title...
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that for the new combination are given (the former in parentheses). In botany, it is customary (though not obligatory) to abbreviate author names according...
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