Petiole+or+peduncle

  • 111stem — [n] stalk of plant axis, branch, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, petiole, shoot, stock, trunk; concept 428 Ant. root stem [v1] come from arise, be bred, be brought about, be caused, be generated, derive, develop, emanate, flow, head, issue, originate …

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  • 112turnera — ˈtərnərə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, after William Turner died 1568 English physician and botanist : a large genus (the type of the family Turneraceae) of tropical American dicotyledonous plants having alternate leaves and… …

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  • 113ses|sile — «SEHS uhl», adjective. 1. a) Botany. attached by the base instead of by a stem. A leaf having no petiole or a flower having no peduncle or pedicel is sessile. »If no style intervenes between the ovary and stigma, the stigma is said to be sessile …

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  • 114cirriflorous — cirriflorous, a. Bot. (sɪrɪˈflɔərəs) [f. as prec. + flōr us flowered + ous.] ‘Applied to a peduncle changed into a cirrus; and also to a petiole fulfilling the functions of a cirrus’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.) …

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