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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morphology Terms
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology words and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1093 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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hernesheir The term is attributed to Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen (June 16, 1826 – February 1, 1897), an Austrian geologist and botanist. Feb 24, 2011
hernesheir (adj): (Bot.) a pattern of leaf venation in broad-leafed plants in which the secondary veins do not terminate at the leaf margin (nor in a tooth at the margin), but loop upwards to join the superadjacent secondary vein.
cf. brochidodromy
Festooned brochidodromy (n) describes a subset of brochidromous leaf venation where a subsidiary set of secondary vein loops forms between the first set of loops and the leaf margin. Jan 6, 2009