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Question 1

Abaxial

Answer 1

the side away from the axis

Question 2

Abortive

Answer 2

imperfectly developed, defective.

Question 3

Achene

Answer 3

a small, dry. indehiscent, 1-seeded fruit. The pericarp is free from the seed.

Question 4

Arcicular

Answer 4

needle shaped (leaf)

Question 5

Actinomorphic

Answer 5

radially symmetrical, regular.

Question 6

Acuminate

Answer 6

tapering gradually to a point (leaf)

Question 7

Acute

Answer 7

sharp. ending in a point

Question 8

Adaxial

Answer 8

the side towards the axis

Question 9

Adnate

Answer 9

joined with another part over its whole length

e.g. stamens with corolla tube

Question 10

Allopatic

See Sympatric

Answer 10

occurring in different areas.

Question 11

Alternate

Answer 11

as of leaves inserted at different heights along stem, or of stamens present between petals.

Question 12

Amplexicaul

Answer 12

stem-clasping

Question 13

Anastomosing:

Answer 13

veins forming a network

Question 14

Androecium:

Answer 14

male reproductive parts (stamens).

Question 15

Andromonoecious:

Answer 15

having male and perfect flowers but no female flowers

Question 16

Annnual

Answer 16

a plant that completes a life cycle within a vear.

Question 17

Annular

Answer 17

ring-shaped

Question 18

Annulus

Answer 18

thick-walled cells forming part of the opening mechanism of a sporangium.

Question 19

Anterior

Answer 19

the parts of a flower furthest from the flowering axis. or towards the observer

Question 20

Anther

Answer 20

that part of a stamen which contains the pollen.

Question 21

Antrorse

Answer 21

directed upwards

Question 22

Apetalous

Answer 22

lacking a corolla

Question 23

Apiculate

Answer 23

ending abruptly in a sharp point.

Question 24

Apocarpous

Answer 24

gynoecium, a single carpel or of Several carpels all free and separate

Question 25

Appendage

Answer 25

an attached secondary part

Question 26

Appressed

Answer 26

pressed closely against another part. e.g. leaves against stem. or hair, to surface

Question 27

Aristate

Answer 27

bearing a stiff bristle-like awn, tapered to a narrow elongated point (leaf)

Question 28

Article

Answer 28

part of a branch or fruit pod which separates easily from the rest at a joint.

Question 29

Articulate

Answer 29

jointed

Question 30

Attenuate

Answer 30

becoming narrowed, tapered

Question 31

Auricle

Answer 31

small ear-shaped lobe at the base of a leaf. or petal (Dampiera)

Question 32

Awl-shaped

Answer 32

narrow and tapering to a point.

Question 33

Awn

Answer 33

a fine bristle-like appendage, e.g. from the tip or back of the lemma in grasses, or from a fruit.

Question 34

Axile

Answer 34

placentation

Question 35

Axillary

Answer 35

a flower or inflorescence in the axil of a leaf