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| A small, dry, one-seeded fruit that is indehiscent. |
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| Period during which a flower is fully expanded and functional (in bloom) |
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| The pollen-bearing part of the flower stamen. |
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| Growing obliquely or curved upward. |
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| A small projecting lobe at the base of a blade. |
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| Fleshy or pulpy fruit developed from a single ovary, usually many seeded. |
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| Reduced leaf, particularly at the bases of flower stalks, and surrounding the bases of head inflorescences in the Aster Family. |
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| A swollen structure composed of circular layers (technically leaf layers) as in an onion, usually underground |
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| The outer set of flower parts, usually green and beneath the petals. |
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| A dry fruit with two or more rows of seeds and splitting open at maturity. |
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| A separate simple pistil, or section of a compound pistil. |
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| Usually, partially surrounding the stem. |
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| The narrow spoke-like base of some petals or sepals. |
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| A swollen underground base of a vertical stem, bulb-like but solid. |
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| All the petals of a flower, either separate or united, i.e., the inner series of the perianth. |
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| Extending downward, e.g., the extension of a leaf down the stem. |
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| Opening at maturity by natural splitting, as a fruit releasing its seeds. |
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| Bearing male and female flowers on separate plants. |
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| Projecting out or beyond. |
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| A dry fruit dehiscent usually along one side only. |
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| The structure which contains the seeds and is produced by a flower. The ovary walls which contain the seeds. |
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| Smooth and lacking pubescence (hairs). |
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| A secreting organ usually producing nectar or oil, may be internal or external. |
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| Appearing covered with a whitish powder. |
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| A saucer-shaped, cup-shaped, or tubular organ below, around, or adhering to the sides of the pistil. The sepals, petals, and stamens are attached at or near its outer or upper margin. |
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| Overlapping, having the appearance of shingles. |
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| Not opening naturally at maturity. |
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| A series of bracts at the base of a flower or inflorescence. |
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| A point on a stem from which leaves, branches or flowers arise. |
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| The calyx and corolla collectively, or the calyx alone if the corlla is absent. |
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| The modified calyx of hairs, scales, or bristles from the summit of the achenes of many species of the Aster Family. |
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| The basal, stalk-like portion of an ordinary leaf. |
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| The central organ(s) of a flower consisting of the ovary containing the seeds, the style, and the stigma. |
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| A fleshy fruit with a core (ovary portion), e.g., an apple. |
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| An underground fleshy stem, usually horizontal, from which scales, leaves, roots, or stems arise from the nodes, e.g., the iris. |
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| Living on dead organic matter, neither parasitic or making its own food. |
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| The propagative part of a plant developed from an ovule in the fruit. The mature ovule in addition to stored food, typically found in a fruit. |
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| Without any kind of stalk. |
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| A fleshy stalk on which numerous small flowers grow. |
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| A thorn. A stiff outgrowth of a stem, it lacks vascular supply, i.e., it lacks xylem and phloem. |
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| The pollen-producing organ of a flower, consisting of anther and filament. |
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| A modified stamen that does not produce pollen, i.e., it lacks anthers. |
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| Does not produce viable fruiting bodies or pollen. |
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| The top of the pistil that receives the pollen. |
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| A structure (or pair) at the base of the petiole, usually attached to the stem. |
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| Long creeping stems on the surface of the ground. |
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| The slender stalk that typically connects the stigma(s) to the ovary. |
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| A large, elongated root, usually vertical. |
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| A usually slender, coiled, elongated organ of a climbing plant that attaches to other objects. |
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| Used to denote sepals and petals, when of similar form and color. |
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| A compact, usually horizontal, underground stem that stores food (e.g. potato). Is a stem and not root because it has nodes which produce shoots, not present on roots. |
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| A flat structure emerging from the side or summit of an organ; also the lateral petals in the Bean and Milkwort families. |
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