Category: I

  • Intercarinal

    Between keels or ridges.  

  • Intercalated

    Inserted, placed between. Describing structures, tissues, etc., that are inserted or situated between other structures.  

  • Intercalary

    (Of growth) taking place between apex and base (but not at apex or base). Inserted between.  

  • Interaxillary

    Between the axils.  

  • Inter

    (Prefix meaning) in between.  

  • Integument

    1–3 outer cell layer(s) of an ovule that enclose the nucellus. In botany, one or sometimes two outer layers of the ovule, which develop into the seed coat. A covering layer, e.g. the skin. The skin; comprised of all layers: the epidermis, dermis, and corium. Another name for skin. The term is also used for…

  • In sicco

    ‘In a dried state’, used to indicate possible differences between a dried specimen and fresh plant material.  

  • Insertion

    Place or mode where one body is attached to another larger one. Most muscles have at least two tendons, each one attaching to a bone. The one that tends to be more mobile is called the insertion. The place or mode of attachment of a muscle; the moveable part of a muscle during action. The…

  • Inserted

    Placed in.  

  • Insect-pollination

    Fertilisation of flowers effected by the transfer of pollen to stigma by insects.