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  • Asperulate

    Slightly rough with small hairs.  

  • Asperous

    Rough  

  • Aspect

    The direction which a slope faces; also used for the position of a plant community in relation to a climatic factor (sun, wind, moisture). A direction from which the body is viewed, e.g. the view from above is the “superior aspect’. The part of a surface facing in any designated direction. The visual aspect of…

  • Assimilatory

    Able to convert inorganic substances to plant matter.  

  • Ashen

    (Colour) pale grey.  

  • Asexual

    Sexless, without gender. Denotes fertilization and/or reproduction by in vitro means. Without sex. A person with no interest in sex and who does not engage in any form of sexual activity. Homosexuals who have infrequent sexual contacts. Not sexual, not involving sexual intercourse.  

  • Aseptate

    Without partitions.  

  • Asepalous

    Without sepals.  

  • Ascidiate

    Ascidiate

    Pitcher-shaped or bottleshaped, such as a hollow tubular leaf.  

  • Ascending

    Curved upwards, growing upward, sometimes indirectly. Rising obliquely upwards.  

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