Test 4: 60-62 glossary

Question 1

Only one leaf arising at a node

Answer 1

alternate

Question 2

Normally living only one year. Winter annuals germinate in the autumn and mature and die the next spring or summer.

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annual

Question 3

The pollen-bearing part of a stamen.

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anther

Question 4

Arising from the stem at or below the ground surface only

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basal

Question 5

A fleshy fruit having numerous seeds embedded in the flesh (tomato, Solanum, Phytolacca).

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berry

Question 6

Normally living two years.

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biennial

Question 7

Many flowers have both the male and female parts (stamens and pistil). They are also called “perfect flowers.”

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bisexual

Question 8

The expanded, broad, flat and green portion of the leaf. Also known as a lamina.

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blade

Question 9

A reduced (smaller than normal sized) leaf at the base of a flower-stalk. If the flower-stalk is short or absent the bract or bracts may be at the base of a flower and resemble sepals

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bract

Question 10

A dry, many-seeded fruit derived from more than one carpel, splitting open at maturity. Capsules often have several chambers (Ricinus, Agrostemma).

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capsule

Question 11

A simple pistil or a single member of a compound pistil; regarded as a modified leaf.

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carpel

Question 12

Of or pertaining to the stem. Cauline leaves are those borne on the stems above the soil surface.

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Cauline

Question 13

A leaf in which the blade is composed of separate parts, each part called a leaflet. Decompound means more than once compound.

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Compound leaf

Question 14

Flowers unisexual but with only one sex per individual plant.

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Dioecious Plant

Question 15

A — houses the important reproductive parts of the plant.

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flower

Question 16

A dry fruit derived from only one carpel which splits open on one side at maturity

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Follicles have one chamber and many seeds (Asclepias, Apocynum)

Question 17

Without hairs on the surface.

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Glabrous

Question 18

With soft tissues that collapse soon after death.

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Herbaceous

Question 19

The part of a plant stem between two of the nodes from which leaves emerge.

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internode

Question 20

The expanded, broad, flat and green portion of the leaf. Also known as a blade.

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Lamina

Question 21

The fruit of members of the family Leguminosae. One chambered, normally splitting on both edges, enclosing a row of seeds (garden peas and beans, Cassia, Robinia). Also known as a pod.

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legume

Question 22

A portion of the cork layer in the bark of stems where the cells are loose, allowing exchange of gases. Usually they are raised and they may be a different color from the rest of the bark.

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Lenticel

Question 23

flowers unisexual but with both kinds of flowers on one individual plant.

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Monoecious plant

Question 24

Two leaves arising at a node

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Opposite

Question 25

The enlarged lower part of the pistil, enclosing the ovules or young seeds

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ovary

Question 26

Immature seeds, waiting to be fertilized.

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ovules

Question 27

Arranged like the fingers arising from the palm of the hand, with the several parts all attached to one point.

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Palmate

Question 28

Loose, diversely branching flower cluster.

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panicle

Question 29

Having a petiole or leafstalk; stalked leaves. The contrasting condition is called sessile.

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Petiolate

Question 30

The stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem; the leafstalk. The — is the transition between the stem and the leaf blade.

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petiole

Question 31

Arranged like a feather, with the parts arising along a central axis

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pinnate

Question 32

The female part of the flower, and it’s actually made up of several parts, usually arranged in the shape of a bottle.

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pistil

Question 33

With hairs. There are various kinds of pubescence, differing in the stiffness, length, and density of the hairs (villous, hirsute, hispid, tomentose, etc.)

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pubescent

Question 34

A horizontal underground stem. — produce stems above ground at intervals, as in sod-forming grasses, bracken fern, and others.

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Rhizomes

Question 35

The blade is attached directly to the stem; without a petiole or leafstalk (unstalked leaves). The contrasting condition is petiolate.

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Question 36

That part of a pistil which receives the pollen.

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Stigma

Question 37

One of the usually small, paired parts resembling leaves at the base of a leafstalk (petiole) in certain plants, such as roses and beans.

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Stipule

Question 38

A stem, similar to a rhizome, but located on or near the soil surface.

This is also known as a runner.

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stolon

Question 39

A narrow, usually of cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the ovary, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.

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style

Question 40

An elongated twining segment of a leaf or branch, usually supporting the stem.

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tendril

Question 41

More than two leaves arising at a node.

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whorled

Question 42

With hard (lignified) tissues that will retain their shape long after death.

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woody