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Glossary of Botanical Terms

Deciduous

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Dioecious

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Drupes

A fruit surrounded by a husk with a stone pit like a plum or peach, walnut or almonds.

Evergreen

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Fruit

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Leaves - Simple

A simple leaf of an eudicot plant, consisting of a stalk-like petiole and a wide, flat blade (lamina). The midrib extends from the petiole to the leaf tip and contains the main vein. Additional veins branch from the midvein. The margin is the edge of the leaf. Source:

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Leaves - Compound

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Leaves - Arrangements (alternate, opposite, whirled)

Leaf arrangement (phyllotaxis): (a) alternate— only one leaf attached to each node, (b) and (c) opposite— two leaves attached at each node, and (d) whorled— more than two leaves attached at each node. (b) shows opposite and perpendicular arrangement and © shows opposite and aligned arrangement. Source:

Leaflet

Leaf-like part of a compound leaf. Easy to recognise that it lacks a bud in the axil of its petiole.

Monoecious

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Nut

A dry fruit that has a single seed, a hard shell, and a protective husk. The fruit does not open to release the seed. Examples of true nuts are hazelnut, acorns, chestnuts. 

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