Botany (Plant Anatomy and Physiology) Flashcards
Aetheroleum
Refers to the essential or volatile oil as a distinct aromatic product obtained from the plant.
Pyroleum
Refers to the tar from dry distilled plant material.
Radix
Refers to the root of a plant, though radix is sometimes synonymous with rhizome
Resina
Refers to the resin that is secreted by the plant or by distillation of the balsamum.
Rhizoma
Refers to the rhizome or a creeping horizontal stem, generally bearing roots on its underside.
Semen
Refers to the seed of a plant, usually removed from the fruit, and may or may not contain the seed coat.(top)
Balsamum
Refers to a solution of resin and volatile oil usually produced by special cells in some plants.
Bulbus
Refers to the bulb or an underground bud (specialized stem structure) of a plant, from which both a shoot and roots may extend.
Cortex
Refers to the bark of the plant. Bark can be collected from the root, stem, or branches.
Flos
Refers to the flowers of the plant usually consisting of a single flower or the entire inflorescences (e.g., head, umbel, panicle, spike, etc.).
Folium
Refers to the leaves of the plant. Usually the middle leaves of plants are collected.
Fructus
Refers to the fruit (the ripened ovary of the flower-bearing seeds) or berry of the plant. In pharmacognosy, fructus is not always synonymous with the botanical definition.
Herba
Refers to the aerial parts or the aboveground parts of plants which may include the flower, leaf, and the stem of the plant, and occasionally fruits too.
Pericarpium
Refers to the peel or rind of the fruit.
Lignum
Refers to the wood or the secondary thickening of the stem. This may or may not include the bark.
