enation

Noun
  1. Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family (synset 113836967)
    is a type of: unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
    same as: cognation, matrilineage
  2. A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ (synset 113108856)
    is a type of: appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    subtypes:
    • podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
    • peristome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
    • haustorium - a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
    • apophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
    • callus - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
    • blister - (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
    • nodule, tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
    • spur - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
    • aculeus - a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
    • acumen - a tapering point
    • fuzz, hair, tomentum - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
    • leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
    • burl - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
    same as: plant process

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