Twig: nm A twig is a small branch of a tree. A small branch is a twig Olive branch carried by the […]
Botanical terms
Jet
Sprout: nm A spout is new growth from a tree or plant. We also use, depending on the case: […]
Crampon
Crampon: nm A crampon is an adventitious root of a plant allowing attachment either to the ground or to other plants. […]
Creeping
Crawling: adj. “Creeping” is said of plants whose branches lie down, whose stems grow on the ground, or […]
Climbing
Climbing: adj. “Climbing” qualifies something that climbs, that has the habit of climbing. A climbing plant, the stem of which rises […]
Brou
Husk: nm Husk is the outer pericarp of various fruits (See Shell). The husk of the nut is green […]
Plant
Plant: Plants (Botanical name: Plantae) are photosynthetic (*) and autotrophic (**) organisms, characterized by […]
Specific leaf area
Specific leaf area: In botany and agronomy, specific leaf area (SFS) is defined as the ratio of […]
Queue
Tail: nf In the plant world, a tail is the peduncle that attaches (a fruit) to the branch, […]
Isoeugenol
Isoeugenol: Isoeugenol is an aromatic organic compound from the phenylpropene family, a subgroup of the phenylpropanoids. it consists […]
Pinocampone
Pinocamphone: Substance name: Pinocamphone (= trans-3-pinanone) and iso-pinocamphone (= isopinocamphone = cis-3-pinanone) Molecular family: Ketones […]
fenchone
Fenchone: Fenchone is a polycyclic terpene. Fenchone is a constituent of absinthe and the essential oil of […]
Theriac
Theriac: nf A theriac is an electuary containing many active ingredients (including opium), which was used against the bite […]
Holarctic
Holarctic: adj. "Holarctic" is a term used in biogeography for the Nearctic and Palearctic regions, namely North America, […]
hydrochorus
Hydrochorus: adj. “Hydrocore” designates all the modes of dispersal of plant seeds or diaspores that take place through […]
Costapalmated
Costapalmé: "Costapalmé" is said of a palmate leaf in which the petiole extends into the rachis in the leaf. It's about […]
Seve
Sap: nf Sap is a liquid ensuring the circulation of metabolites in vascular plants. Raw sap or sap […]
endophyte
Endophytes: Endophytes (from the Greek endo “in”, φυτόν “plant”; literally “inside a plant… […]
Sotolon
Sotolon: Sotolon, a lactone, is a very powerful aromatic compound, with the typical smell of fenugreek when […]
Almond
Almond: nf An almond is the oblong drupe of the almond tree, whose edible seed is rich in oil. By analogy, an […]
Button
Button: A button is a small outgrowth from which the branches, leaves, fruits or flowers of a plant are born. See Bud and […]
Herbe
Grass: nf The term grass, in a broad sense, is used to designate any annual or perennial plant, not […]
knapweed
Knapweed: Knapweed is a herbaceous plant (family Asteraceae) of which many species grow spontaneously in Europe (other names: […]
Nuts
Walnut: nf The word "nut" is used to designate the seed, formed from the shell containing the almond of certain fruits. The […]
Industry
Branch: A branch is an offshoot (division into several branches) of any part of the plant. Sprig of thyme, parsley […]
Pruning
Pruning: nm Pruning is the act of separating the petals of a flower, sorting its stigmas and cutting them. […]
Dichotomy
Dichotomy: nf (word from the Greek dikhotomia). In its primary meaning, dichotomy is division, binary subdivision (between […]
Triploid
Triploid: "Triploid" is said of an organism or tissue whose cells have 3n chromosomes. Organism or cell where there are three copies of […]
Shell
Shell: nf The shell is the envelope or pericarp covering the shell of walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, chestnuts (husk, bark)…. Hello, You must […]
Myrosin
Myrosine: Myrosine or myrosinase (or thioglucoside glucohydrolase) is an enzyme involved in the defense mechanisms of certain plants […]