Category: G

Becoming glabrous or nearly so. Initially hairy but later becoming glabrous.  

Jackson (1916) used this term as a synonym for glabrous; Hickey & King (2000) and Kiger & Porter (2001) use it for ‘almost hairless’, or almost glabrous; Hewson (1988) uses it for ‘glabrous, having obviously had an indumentum’; Webster’s Dictionary defines glabrate as ‘becoming glabrous or smooth with age’, glabrescent. [Not recommended]. Hairy at first,…

The circumference of a tree bole.  

Leaf scale scar on a twig that marks the position of the previous years’ terminal bud.  

More convex on one side than on the other, like a not-quite-full moon; Inflated on one side near the base, slightly pouched. Swollen at one place or on one side. Pouched, inflated on one side, or one side more convex than the other. The term “gibbous” refers to a humped or outwardly curved condition, such…

Swelling. A sharp angle in the curvature of the spine caused by the weakening of a vertebra as a result of tuberculosis of the backbone. The condition of having a humpback.  

Slightly more convex on one side than on the other [rare term].  

The opening through which the pollen tube emerges from the pollen grain.  

(Of habit) with massive woody underground parts [rare term].  

Turning or growing towards the earth, growing downwards. A growth movement in response to the influence of gravity. Reactions of living organisms to gravity. The influence of gravity on living organisms.