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=Mucronate= Tipped with a short, sharp point.

=Naval Stores= Refers to tar, turpentine, resin, etc.

=Nerve= One of the lines or veins running through a leaf.

=Node= A place on a twig where one or more leaves originate.

=Nut= A dry, 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit with a hard covering.

=Nutlet= A small nut.

=Ob-= A prefix meaning inverted or reversed.

=Oblique= Slanting, uneven.

=Oblong= About twice as long as wide, the sides nearly parallel.

=Obovate= Reversed egg shaped.

=Obtuse= Blunt.

=Odd-pinnate= With an odd or unpaired leaflet at the tip of the compound leaf.

=Opposite= Said of leaves and buds directly across from each other.

=Orbicular= Circular.

=Ovary= The part of the pistil producing the seed.

=Ovate= Egg-shaped in outline.

=Ovoid= Egg-shaped or nearly so.

=Palmate= Hand-shaped; radiately divided.

=Panicle= A compound flower cluster, the lower branches of which are longest and bloom first.

=Parasite= Growing upon and obtaining its nourishment from some other plant.

=Pedicel= The stalk of a single flower.

=Peduncle= The stalk of a flower cluster or of a solitary flower.

=Pendulous= Hanging.

=Perennial= Lasting for more than one year.

=Perfect= A flower with both stamens and pistils.

=Persistent= Remaining after blooming, fruiting, or maturing.

=Petal= The part of a corolla, usually colored.

=Petiole= The stalk of a leaf.