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Plant Id test II
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Biology
8th Grade
10/24/2012

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Cyathium
Definition
the inflorescence in the genus Euphorbia, consisting of a cup-like involucre containing a single pistil and male flowers with a single stamen.
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Banner
Definition
the upper and usually largest petal of papilionaceous flower, as in peas and sweet peas.
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Keel
Definition
a prominent longitudinal ridge like the keel of a boat, the two lower united petals of a papillonaceous flower
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wing
Definition
a thin, flat margin bordering or extending from a structure. one of the two lateral petals of a papilionaceaous corolla.
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liana
Definition
a woody climbing vine
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comose
Definition
a group of a tuft of hairs, especially on the tip of a seed, tuft of bracts on top of a pinnapple.
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stylopodium
Definition
a disklike expansion or enlargement at the base of the style in apiaceae
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plicate
Definition
plaited or folded,
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claw
Definition
the narrowed base of some petals and sepals
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gynobasic style
Definition
a style which is attached to the gynobase (an elongation or enlargement of the receptacle, as in the flowers of boraginaceae) as well as to the carpels.
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corona
Definition
petal-like or crown like structures between the petals and stamens in some flowers
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hood
Definition
a hollow, arched covering.
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horn
Definition
a tapering projection resembling the horn of a cow
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corpusculum
Definition
a gland associated with the pollinium in asclepiadaceae
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gynostegium
Definition
a structure fromed from the fusion of the anthers with the stigmatic region of the gynoecium, as in the asclepiadaceae.
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translator
Definition
the connecting structure between the pollinia of adjacent anthers in the asclepiadaceae
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clavuncle
Definition
a stigmatic cap
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