Category: W
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Withering
Diminishing in volume and becoming brown and wrinkled while dying.
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Withered
(Of non-woody plant parts) dried out.
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Winter bud
Hibernating incipient shoot that is protected by scales.
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Winged
(Of a 3-dimensional body) with flattened to blade-like ridges on either side. Having a membranous expansion. A thin expanse of tissue bordering or surrounding another structure, usually applied to seeds, or the axes of compound leaves. Having thin bands of leaf-like tissue attached edgewise along the length of a stem or leaf stalk.
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Wing
Lateral petal of a papilionoid flower; A flattened extension to any organ, e.g. leaf rachis or fruit margin. A thin, paperlike flap on a seed capsule, stem, or flower. One of the two side-peta ls in members of the Pea family. The two side petals flanking the keel in many flowers of the bean family…
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Wind-pollinated
Pollen distributed by air (as opposed to insect-pollinated, water-pollinated etc.)
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Wilt
Become limp.
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Wild
Spontaneous, not cultivated or introduced.
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Whorled
Arranged in a circle around a central axis (e.g. leaves around a stem). Three or more leaves at a node. Three or more leaves, or other structures, in a circle at the same level (node) on the stem. Arrangement of multiple leaves or branches around a single node. Three or more leaves (or sometimes other…
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Whorl
A set of similar organs arranged in a circle around a central axis. A ring-like arrangement of similar parts arising from a common point or node. Ring of leaves or flowers radiating out horizontally from a central point. Leaves, petals, or branches arranged in a ring manner. More than two plant parts, such as leaves…