Botanical Nerd Word: Bifid
Bifid: Deeply two-cleft or two-lobed, usually from the tip.* The petals of this snow-in-summer (Cerastium) are bifid. Each one has a deep cleft at the tip. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Volute
Volute: Rolled up.* For example, the new spring shoots of hostas. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). Spring Lake: Spring Lake Publishing.
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Botanical Nerd Word: Pistil
Pistil: The female reproductive organ of a flower, typically consisting of a stigma, style, and ovary.* The pistil of this tulip is protruding from the centre of the flower, surrounded …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Stamen
Stamen: The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an anther and a filament.* This Rhododendron dauricum ‘Arctic Pearl’ flower has 10 stamens surrounded by the petals which is …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Imbibition
Imbibition: The adsorption of liquid, usually water, into the ultramicroscopic spaces or pores found in materials such as cellulose, pectin, and cytoplasmic proteins in seeds.* When you put dry seeds …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Trifoliate
Trifoliate: With three leaves or three leaflets.* Strawberry leaves are each composed of 3 leaflets. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). Spring Lake: …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Reniform
Reniform: Shaped like a kidney* Garlic mustard overwinters as a small plant and then gets an early start in spring. The young leaves are reniform. Now is a great time …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Rimose
Rimose: With fissures or cracks, as in the bark of some trees.* *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). Spring Lake: Spring Lake Publishing.
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Botanical Nerd Word: Helophyte
Helophyte: A plant, typical of marshy or lake-edge environments, in which the perennating organ lies in the soil or mud below the water level, but the aerial shoots protrude above …
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Botanical Nerd Word: Inosculation
Inosculation: Fusing together of woody stems where they come in contact with each other; this can happen within one individual or between two or more individuals.* The braided stems of …
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