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Glossary
acuminate
The shape of a tip or base of a leaf where the part tapers gradually
and often in a concave manner to a point.acute
Terminating with a sharp or well defined
angle.
adaxial
Facing toward the axis, as the upper surface of a
leaf.
axil
The angle formed by a leaf or branch with the
stem.
axillary
Situated in an axil.
bract
A more or less modified leaf subtending a flower or belonging to an
inflorescence. In section Pseudothymbra the bracts are larger and
noticably different from the leaves.bracteole
A secondary bract, as one upon the pedical of a
flower.
calyx
The outer part (perianth) of the flower, usually green, formed of
several divisions called sepals, protecting the bud. In thymes its the
bit the flower comes out of.capitate (syn. capitiform, alt.
capitose)
Shaped like a head; collected into a head or dense
cluster.cilium (pl. cilia)
A short, usually stiff, usually unicellular, marginal hair which in
thymes may sometimes be found on the leaves and/or calyx
teeth.ciliate
Marginally fringed with hairs
(cilia).
corolla
The petals of a flower; the inner perianth, of distinct or connate
petals. In thymes the petals are fused to form a
tube. crenate
Dentate with the teeth much rounded.
decumbent
Reclining with the tips ascending; a plant that has its base lying on
the ground and a stem that grows upward.dentate
Toothed, usually with the teeth directed
outward.
elliptic
Narrow at the ends and broad near the
center.
elliptic-lanceolate
Between elliptic and lanceolate.
emarginate
Having a shallow notch at the
extremity.
exserted
Projecting beyond an envelope, as stamens from a
corolla.
glabrous
Smooth; not rough, pubescent, or
hairy.
glabrate
Somewhat glabrous, or becoming
glabrous.
glabrescent:
Becoming glabrous in age.
gland
A secreting surface or structure; any protuberance or appendage
having the appearance of such an organ.gland-dot
A tiny gland or pore, usually secreting
fluid.
glandular hairs
Hairs bearing glands.
incurved
Bent or curved inwards or upwards, as leaf margins curved towards the
adaxial surface.indumentum
A massing of fine hairs, glands, or
prickles.
inflorescence
The flowering part of a plant, and especially the mode of
its arrangement.
lanceolate
Shaped like a lance-head, several times longer than wide, broadest
above the base and narrowed to the apex.lax
Loose; so weak as to be scarcely
self-supporting.
linear
Long and narrow, with parallel
margins.
linear-lanceolate
Between linear and lanceolate.
nerve
A simple or unbranched vein or slender
rib.
obovate
Inverted ovate; egg-shaped, with the broadest part
above.
obtuse
Blunt or rounded at the end.
ovate
Egg-shaped, with the broader end at the
base.
pedicel
A tiny stalk; the support of a single
flower.
pedicillate
Borne on a pedicel.
petiolate
Having a petiole, the stalk of a leaf that attaches it to
the stem.
procumbent
Lying on the ground or trailing but without rooting at the
nodes.
recurved
Curved downward or backward.
retrorse
Directed back or downward.
revolute
Rolled backward at the margins or
apex.
spatulate (alt. spathulate):
Gradually narrowing downward from a rounded summit;
spoon-shaped.
spheroidal
Spherical/rounded.
stamen
One of the male, pollen-bearing organs of the
flower.
spiciform
Spike-like.
subpetiolate
Having a very short petiole.
tomentose
Covered with thick felt of closely matted woolly
hairs.
vertillaster
A form of inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in an
apparent whorl, consisting of a pair of opposite axillary, usually
sessile, cymes or clusters, as in many of the Mint family,
Labiatae.whorl
An arrangement of leaves, petals, sepals, etc., in a
circle round the stem. |