IMPORTANT TERMS:
Ø Adaptation: Adjustment of an organism to its environment.
Ø Andromonoecious:A plant having male and intersexual flower, e.g., some lilies.
Ø Anthology:Study of flowers.
Ø Anthotaxy: Arrangement of flowers on an axis.
Ø Arboretum: A place, often outdoors, set aside for the display of living plants.
Ø Absorption:The process of taking in material or energy.
Ø Bud Scale:A modified protective leaf of a bud.
Ø Cotyledons: The first leaves formed in the embryo.
Ø Deciduous: Referring to trees and shrubs that lose their leaves in the fall.
Ø Epiphyte: A plant that grows upon another plant but is not a parasite.
Ø Frond: A synonym for a large divided leaf, especially for a fern leaf.
Ø Gynomonoecious: A plant having female and intersexual flowers, e. g, sunflower.
Ø Haustorium: A projection that act as a penetrating and absorbing organ.
Ø Heterophylly: A condition where a plant has different leaf forms at different times in its life cycle.
Ø Leaf Scar: Characteristic scar on stem axis made after leaf abscission.
Ø Liana: A plant with woody climbing shoot.
Ø Lenticel:A structure of the bark that permits the passage of gas inward and outward.
Ø Polygamous:A plant having male, female and intersexual flowers, e. g, mango.
Ø Pomology:Branch of horticulture that deals with the study of fruits and their cultivation.
Ø Slips:Small pieces or plantlets which can be removed and used for propagation.
Ø Spermology:Study of seeds.
Ø Tendril:A slender coiling organ that aids in the support of stems.
Ø Trioecious:A species with three types of individuals, male, female and monoecious.
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