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  • Baccate

    Baccate

    Berry-like.  

  • Bacca

    Bacca

    (Berry) succulent fruit with seeds immersed in the pulp.  

  • Azure

    Azure

    (Colour) blue as the sky on a clear sunny day.  

  • Axillary

    Axillary

    Arising in an axil, the point between the stem and the leaf or another organ that arises from the stem. Situated at the angle between one part of a plant and another part, e.g., a branch and a leaf. Pertaining to, or growing from, the axil (in other words, a flower or leaf). Occurring in…

  • Axile

    Axile

    Belonging to the axis; (Of ovule placentation) attached to the axis of the ovary, or to the inner angle of the cells of a syncarpous ovary. Belonging to the axis, or occupying the axis.  

  • Axil

    Axil

    The angle between the stem and the leaf. Upper angle formed by leaf stem and supporting stem or branch. Angle formed between the stem axis and attached leaf or other appendage. The juncture of a leaf or flower with a stalk. The angle between the upper side of a leaf or branch, and the stem…

  • Awn

    Awn

    A fine bristle ending an organ (usually in grass flowers). A terminal or lateral bristle on a seed or plant organ. A narrow, elongated appendage, usually at the tip of an achene. A bristle-like appendage. An elongate, stiff bristle often attached to the flowers of grasses. A projecting bristle found in a particular position on…

  • Awl-shaped

    Gradually tapering to a sharp thin point. Sharp pointed from a broader base.  

  • Available

    In nomenclature, name(s) or epithet(s) that are legal for a taxon.  

  • Auxotelic

    Parts of inflorescences that do not end in a flower, and that keep growing beyond the flowering region.  

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