Compound leaf
A leaf with two or more distinct leaflets.
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Cone: A cluster of sporophylls or ovulif-erous scales on an axis; a strobilus, as in pine or cycad cones.
Corolla: All the petals of a flower collectively.
Corona: A set of petal-like structures or appendages between the corolla and the androecium (male element of the flower).
Creeping: Growing along (or beneath) the surface of the ground and rooting at intervals, usually at the nodes.
Cultivar: A horticultural variety originating from a cultivated plant, possessing interesting or important characters such as color, smell, taste, or disease resistance that make it worthy of distinction through naming.
Cuttings: Small pieces of stems or roots that can be put in soil to develop into a complete plant.
Cyme: A broad class of inflorescences characterized by having the terminal flower bloom first,' commonly also with the terminal flower of each branch blooming before the others on that branch.
Deciduous: Falling after completion of the normal function. A deciduous tree is one that normally loses its leaves at the approach of winter or the dormant season.
Dehiscent: Opening when mature, exposing or releasing the contents, as in a fruit releasing it seeds.
Dicotyledons: One of the two major divisions of the angiosperms (a group characterized by having ovules borne in ovaries) bearing two (or rarely more) cotyledons or seed leaves, comprising most of the familiar seed plants.
Divided: Cut into distinct parts, as a leaf that is cut to the midrib or the base.
Drupe: A fleshy fruit with a firm endocarp ("pit" or "stone") that permanently encloses the usually solitary seed, or with a portion of the endocarp separately enclosing each of two or more seeds.
Ellipsoid: Elliptical in long section and circular in cross section (applied only to three-dimensional bodies).
Elliptic: With approximately the shape of a geometric ellipse (applied only to flat bodies).
Elliptic: With approximately the shape of a geometric ellipse (applied only to flat bodies).
Erect: Upright.
Escaped: As in an introduced plant species that has escaped from cultivation into the wild.
Evergreen: Remaining green throughout the winter, as in a tree that keeps its leaves throughout the year.
Feathery: Feather shaped in outline, as in leaves.
Female flowers: Referring to flowers that are pistillate, having pistils but no stamens.
Filament: The stalk of a stamen, that is, the part that supports the anther.
Finely toothed leaves: Leaves with small serrations on the edges.
Fishtail-shaped: As in leaflets of some palms that have a somewhat irregularly triangular or "fishtail" outline.
Fleshy: Thick and juicy; succulent.
Floral bracts: Greatly reduced leaf associated with a flower, usually at its base.
Floral branches: Branches or axes on which flowers are formed.
Flower: An axis bearing one or more pistils or one or more stamens or both.
Fruit: A ripened ovary along with any other structures that may ripen with it and form a unit with it.
Fruit pulp: Fleshy material inside of a fruit, often the part that is eaten by humans or animals.
Funnel-form: Shaped like a funnel, as in a flower.
Furrowed (stems): Having longitudinal channels or grooves along the stem.
Glaucous: Covered with a fine, waxy, removable powder that imparts a whitish or bluish cast to the surface, as in a prune or a cabbage leaf.
Globose: More or less spherical.
Glossy: Shiny.
Head: A cluster of flowers crowded closely together at the tip of a floral stem.
Herb: A plant, either annual, biennial, or perennial, with the stems dying back to the ground at the end of the growing season, and without woody stems.
Herbaceous: Adjectival form of herb; also, leaflike in color or texture, or not woody.
Hilum: The scar of the seed at its point of attachment.
Horticultural varieties: As in cultivars.
Hybrid: A plant that results from a cross between two parent species that are genetically different.
Indehiscent: Remaining closed at maturity.
Inflorescence: A flower cluster of a plant; the arrangement of the flowers on the axis.
Juvenile leaves: A younger form or shape of the leaves of a plant, which change when the plant reaches maturity.
Lacy leaves: As in the shape of leaves with many tears or cuts. Lance-shaped: As in leaves that are several times longer than broad and widest below the middle, tapering with convex sides upward to the tip. Latex: A colorless, white, yellow, or reddish liquid, produced by some plants, characterized by the presence of colloidal particles of terpenes dispersed in water. Leaflet: An ultimate unit of a compound leaf. (see Compound leaf) Leathery: Thick and leatherlike in texture, as in a leaf.
Lobe: A projecting segment of an organ, too large to be called a tooth, but with the adjoining sinuses usually extending less than halfway to the base or midline. Mature fruit: A fruit that has ripened; often a different color from when it was young.
Midrib: The main rib or longitudinal vein (an externally visible vascular bundle) of a leaf or leaflet. Milky latex: White-colored sap of a plant. Monocotyledons: One of two major divisions of the angiosperms (a group of plants characterized by having ovules borne in ovaries), bearing only one cotyledon or seed leaf, for example, the grasses, lilies, bromeliads, orchids, and palms. Native: Having its origins in a particular geographic area, as in a plant native to the Western United States. Naturalized: Thoroughly established in a particular geographic region, but originally coming from another geographic area.
Funnel-form: Shaped like a funnel, as in a flower.
New World: Pertaining to the Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, as in a plant native to that region.
Nut: A relatively large, dry, indehiscent fruit with a hard wall, usually containing only one seed.
Oblong: Shaped more or less like a geometric rectangle (other than a square).
Obovate: Similar to ovate but larger toward the tip of the leaf.
Obovate: Similar to ovate but larger toward the tip of the leaf.
Ovate: Shaped like a long section through a hen's egg, with the larger end toward the base.
Old World: Pertaining to Europe, Asia, and Africa, as in a plant native to that region.
Opposite: Situated directly across from each other at the same node or level, as in the leaves or leaflets of some plants; situated directly in front of (on the same radius as) another organ, as stamens opposite the petals.
Ovate: Shaped like a long section through a hen's egg, with the larger end toward the base.
Ovule: A young or undeveloped seed.
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