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Word of the Week

Close-up of the lower stalks of a fern's fronds.
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Stipe

Stipe: 1. In ferns, the stalk of the frond, equivalent to the petiole of seed plants; 2. In orchids, the stalk-like connection between the viscidium and the pollinia.* This potted, …

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A botanical illustration of the fennel plant and an image of fennel seeds.
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Botanical Nerd Word: Schizocarp

Schizocarp: A dry fruit which splits into separate one-seeded segments (carpels) at maturity.* The image shows the various stages of development of fennel from flowers through to seeds. What is …

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Peach and apple cross-sections showing the parts of their pericarps
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Botanical Nerd Word: Pericarp

Pericarp: The fruit wall, derived from the ovary wall and consisting of up to three layers: exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.* Peaches are a type of fruit called a drupe. In …

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A collection of peach pits
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Botanical Nerd Word: Endocarp

Endocarp: The inner layer of the pericarp of a fruit.* For example, the hard, stony shell at the centre of a peach which contains the peach seed. *Harris, J.G., Harris, …

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Sliced peach showing fleshy mesocarp
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Botanical Nerd Word: Mesocarp

Mesocarp: The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit.* The mesocarp is often the delicious fleshy part of the fruit, such as the edible portion of an avocado or …

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Picture of plums, some cut in half
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Botanical Nerd Word: Exocarp

Exocarp (syn. Epicarp): Outermost layer of the fruit wall (pericarp)* For example, the outer skin of a peach or plum. *Pell, S.K., Angell, B. (2016). A botanist’s vocabulary: 1300 terms …

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Pine cone christmas ornament on a tree
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Botanical Nerd Word: Cone

Cone: A dense cluster of sporophylls on an axis; a strobilus.*   *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). Spring Lake: Spring Lake Publishing.

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Dried fruit pods of eastern redbud
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Botanical Nerd Word: Complanate

Complanate: Flattened* For example, the complanate fruit pods of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis). *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). Spring Lake: Spring Lake …

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fruits of hop hornbeam
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Botanical Nerd Word: Strobile

Strobile: A cone or an inflorescence resembling a cone, as in hops.* Hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) gets its common name because it’s fruits look just like hops. They are both …

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Fuzzy sumac berries clusters
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Botanical Nerd Word: Hebecarpous

Hebecarpous: With pubescent fruit.* The red, fuzzy fruits of sumac are hebecarpous. Another common example are kiwis. *Harris, J.G., Harris, M.W. (2001). Plant identification terminology: An illustrated glossary (2nd ed.). …

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