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| adherent |
in botany, growing or having grown together. [1/3 definitions] |
| androgynous |
in botany, possessing both staminate and pistillate flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| anther |
in botany, the part of a flower's stamen that bears pollen. |
| apogamy |
in botany, the development of a plant from a sporophyte, rather than from a union of gametophytes. |
| arbor3 |
in botany, a tree. |
| autogamy |
in botany, self-fertilization, as of a flower with its own pollen. [1/2 definitions] |
| awn |
in botany, any of the thin bristles found at the tip of some leaves, esp. those of grasses. |
| axilla |
in botany, an axil. [1/2 definitions] |
| axillary |
in botany, of, relating to, or situated in an axil. [1/3 definitions] |
| axis |
in anatomy and botany, a main or central structure. [1/4 definitions] |
| bast |
in botany, the phloem tissue of a plant or tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| berry |
in botany, a fleshy fruit with a seed or seeds embedded in the pulp, such as the grape, currant, or tomato. [1/5 definitions] |
| biennial |
in botany, having a life cycle of two years. [1/5 definitions] |
| bladder |
in botany, an inflated, hollow sac or float, as is found in certain seaweeds. [1/3 definitions] |
| bloom |
in botany, a delicate coating on the surface of some leaves and fruits that resembles powder. [1/8 definitions] |
| botanical |
of or pertaining to botany. [1/3 definitions] |
| botanist |
one who is trained or expert in botany. |
| bryology |
the branch of botany dealing with mosses and liverworts. |
| capillary |
in botany, hairlike. [1/6 definitions] |
| coma2 |
in botany, a tuft at one end, such as the silky hairs at the ends of some seeds or the bracts at the top of a pineapple. [1/3 definitions] |
| comal |
in botany, of or pertaining to terminal tufts, such as the silky hairs at the ends of some seeds or the bracts at the top of a pineapple. |
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