Seat: nf A seat is a layer of cells. … Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the […]
Botanical terms
Ascending
Ascending: adj. “Ascending” is said of an organ, generally the stem, lying at its base then straightening…. Good morning, […]
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Articulated: adj. "Articulated" is said of an organ formed of articles, that is to say of parts separated by constrictions. Said […]
Armille
Armille: nm An armille designates in mycology a ring sheathing the foot like a sock…. Hello, You must be […]
Ariste
Ariste: adj. “Ariste” is said of an element ending in an edge, that is to say a long, narrow and steep point…. […]
Aril
Aril: nm An aril refers to a tissue that surrounds the seed, hard or soft and can be colored, such as […]
Areola
Areole: nf In the Cactaceae, an areole is a cushion included in the stem considered as an axis with internodes […]
Archaeophyte
Archéophyte: nm The archeotype is a hemerochore disseminated before modern times (1500)…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the […]
Leaf arch
Leaf arc: nm locut. A leaf arch is a bulge in the stem that will give rise to a leaf primordium. … […]
Aquatic
Aquatic: adj. “Aquatic” is said of a plant living wholly or partly in water…. Hello, You must […]
Araneous
Araneous: adj. "Araneous" is covered with fine intertwined hairs like the threads of a spider's web…. Hello, You must […]
Wingless
Apterous: adj. "Apterous" is a stem without wings. In opposition to “winged”… Hello, You must be a subscriber to […]
Applied
Applied: adj. "Applied" (or appressed) is said of an appendage, bract or hair in particular, lying on the […]
Apoptosis
Apoptosis: nf Apoptosis is programmed cell death…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the rest of this […]
Apomixia
Apomixis: nf In botany, apomixis is a mode of asexual reproduction, in certain vascular plants characterized by the absence of […]
Apiculate
Apiculate: adj. "Apiculate" describes a stem provided with an apicule, that is to say abruptly terminated by a short, relatively wide point […]
apical
Apical: adj. “Apical” is relative to the tip (of a root, of a stem)…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to […]
Apex
Apex: nf The apex is the end of a root or a stem…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the rest of […]
Antiligule
Antiligule: nm The antiligule is a small membranous appendage extending the leaf sheath and opposite the ligule in certain sedges […]
Anticline
Anticline: adj. "Anticline" describes a cell division that takes place perpendicular to the surface of the cellular tissue; division […]
Anthesis
Anthesis: nf “Anthesis” is synonymous with flowering or, more restrictively, opening of flower buds…. Hello, You must […]
Anther
Anther: nf An anther is the upper part of the stamen containing the pollen. … Hello, You must be a subscriber to […]
annually
Annual: adj. "Annual" is said of a plant germinating, flowering and fruiting in the same year of vegetation. […]
Anneau
Annulus: nm An annulus is a row of thick-walled specialized cells, which provide the opening of the sporangium in […]
Anisogamy
Anisogamy: nf Anisogamy is said when a gamete is bigger or different…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read […]
Angiosperm
Angiosperm: nf and adj. (from the Greek “aggeion” = envelope and “sperma” = seed). An angiosperm is a higher plant whose […]
Anemogamous
Anemogamous: adj. “Anemogamous” describes a mode of reproduction of plants in which the pollen is essentially conveyed […]
Anemochory
Anemochory: nf Anemochory is the dispersal of seeds by the wind…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the […]
Androcea
Androecium: nf The androecium is the set of male reproductive organs of the flower. See: Stamen and Gynecea. … Hello you […]
Anatropous
Anatrope: adj. “Anatrope” qualifies an ovum with a straight embryo folded in on itself…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to [...]