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LIGULATE. Strap-shaped, 176

LINEAR. Long and very narrow, 7

LYRATE. A term applied to a leaf which has a rounded, terminal lobe and several lobes below.

MICROPYLE. A small opening in the ovule or seed, 26

MIDRIB. The central vein of a leaf--a continuation of the stalk through the blade.

MONOCOTYLEDON. A plant which has only one cotyledon in its embryo, 13

NECTARY. A gland that produces nectar.

NODE. The junction of leaf and stem.

NUT. A dry fruit which does not split, 13

OBCORDATE. Inversely heart-shaped, 7

OBOVATE. Inversely egg-shaped, 7

OBTUSE. Blunt.

ORBICULAR. Round, 7

OVARY. The part of the pistil which forms the fruit, 10

OVATE. Egg-shaped, 7

OVULE. The unripened seed within the ovary, 10

PALMATE. A term applied to simple leaves with spreading divisions that radiate from one point, 7

PANICLE. A compound raceme, 9

PAPPUS. A hairy calyx, which often grows into a silky tuft on the summit of the fruit, 176

PEDICEL. A secondary flower-stalk of a cluster of flowers, 8

PEDUNCLE. The flower-stalk, 6

PERFECT FLOWER. A flower with both stamens and pistil, 11

PERIANTH. The parts of the flower outside the stamens, or outside the pistil if stamens are absent, 11

PERSISTENT. Applied to parts of a flower when they do not wither and fall.

PETAL. One of the divisions of the corolla of a flower, 9

PETIOLE. The leaf-stalk, 5

PINNATE. Applied to a compound leaf when its leaflets are arranged along the midrib on each side, 7

PINNATIFID. A term applied to simple leaves when they are deeply divided into lateral lobes, 7