Category: I
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Immersed
Sunk completely into.
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Imbricate-quincuncial
(In aestivation) a type of imbricate aestivation, with two pieces completely external, two completely internal, and one with one margin overlapping and one margin overlapped.
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Imbricate
Overlapping like tiles; (In aestivation) with the parts of a flower overlapping like tiles. Closely packed and overlapping.
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Illegitimate
(In nomenclature) a name or epithet that is validly published but does not conform to article 6.4 of the Code. Born to parents who are not married to each other. Now-seldom-used term for a child whose parents have not been legally married. In some states, illegitimate children have no inheritance rights from their fathers; and…
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I.e
From the Latin id est, meaning ‘that is’.
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Idioblast
A cell that differs from the surrounding ones in shape, size or function.
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Iconotype
(In nomenclature) type based on an illustration that accompanies or forms the protologue.
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International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants
Set of rules on the naming of cultivated taxa such as hybrids.
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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Set of rules on the naming of taxa.
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Ib., ibid.
From the Latin ibidem, meaning ‘the same’.