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Attached to, surface to surface; usually said of different organs or structures (e.g. stamen adnate to a petal). United to a member of another order. Said of an anther when fixed by its whole length to the filament. (Of gills) Attached to the stem over most of the gills’ height, also bluntly attached. Fused with…

In nomenclature, a name or epithet allowed under the current rules. A legal term referring to whether evidence (such as a witness testimony, medical record entry, or blood test result) will be allowed to be presented to the judge or jury to prove a legal case. There are specific rules of evidence governing admissibility. For…

(In leaf venation) towards the axis of symmetry of the leaf.  

Germination type where the shoot is carried out of the seed within the very short ligule of the cotyledon (specialist term used in Palmae).  

(Of different organs) sticking to, attached but not fused. Sticking to, or growing fast to, another body.  

Glandular [old-fashioned term, not recommended].  

Glandular [old-fashioned term, not recommended].  

The side of an organ towards the axis on which it is inserted, (e.g. the upper surface of a leaf). Towards the axis, referring to the surface of an organ that is closest to the axis in bud. Toward the main axis; opposite of abaxial.  

Towards the apex [unusual term in botany].  

Spiral, not in whorls. Without a cycle.