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  • Antepetalous

    Opposite the petals.  

  • Antenna

    Slender structure on the pollinium of orchid genus Catasetum which, when touched, causes the pollinia to be catapulted out.  

  • Anomalous

    Anomalous

    Out of the ordinary, unlike others in its group. Irregular; deviating from or contrary to normal.  

  • Annulus (plural annuli)

    Ring; in ferns, the ring of thick-walled cells involved in opening the sporangium. In mushrooms, the membranous remnant of partial veil found on mature stems of some species. A ring-shaped structure; a ring. Also spelled anulus.  

  • Annulosulcate

    (Of pollen) with an encircling sulcus.  

  • Annular

    In the shape of a ring; used of any organs arranged in a circle. The term “annular” denotes a characteristic shape resembling a ring. It is used to describe specific anatomical structures like ligaments and, in the field of dermatology, the appearance of circular skin rashes such as ringworm. Furthermore, the term can be employed…

  • Annual shoot

    Shoot sprouting from the perennial root or stem system and lasting only one growing season.  

  • Annual

    Annual

    Completing its life cycle within one year or one growing season; not biennial or perennial. Yearly; a plant that germinates, flowers, and sets seed during a single growing season. A plant/tree whose life cycle is only one year. Plant that completes its life cycle in a year. Plant growing from seed, flowering, producing seeds, and…

  • Anisovalvate

    (Of sporangia) of two unequal halves.  

  • Anisotomous

    (Of branching) dichotomous, but with one shoot much longer than the other.  

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