Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Wildflowers Glossary
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| Deciduous |
Plants whose leaves fall in one limited period during every year, such as the autumn. |
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| Decurved |
Curving downwards. |
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| Deflexed |
Bent sharply downwards. |
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| Dehiscence |
The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its... |
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| Dehiscent |
Breaking open at maturity to release the contents. |
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| Dentate |
Toothed margin of a leaf, where the teeth point outwards (as opposed to forwards). |
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| Denticulate |
Leaf with a finely toothed margin, the teeth pointing outwards (as opposed to forwards). |
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| Digitate |
Leaf like a spread-out hand with well-divided fingers, e.g. Horse Chestnut. |
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| Dioecious |
With male and female parts on separate plants; a plant having unisexual flowers. E.g. Holly. |
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| Diploid |
The normal state for plant cells, containing two matching sets of chromosomes |
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| Disc-floret |
One of the inner florets, such as in the centre of the Coltsfoot flower. |
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| Drupe |
Succulent fruit with the seed encased in a hard coat. The fruit of a Blackberry is a collection of drupes, each containing a hard seed. |
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| Drupelet |
One of a group of connected drupes e.g. Bramble, Raspberry. |