phytology

Noun
  1. The branch of biology that studies plants (synset 106076105)
    associated with:
    • flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    • etiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight
    • dissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
    • aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
    • division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
    • venation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf
    • vernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
    • scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
    • natural scientist, naturalist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
    • kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
    • annual - (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
    • biennial - (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
    • perennial - (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
    • style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
    • germ tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
    • pollen tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule
    • peristome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
    • embryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
    • corolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth
    • corona - (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
    • calyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
    • lip - (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
    • papilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
    • pitcher - (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
    • 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
    • coma - (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
    • bast, phloem - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
    • root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
    • taproot - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
    • spike - (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
    • leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
    • lobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided
    • ligule - (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
    • apogamy - (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
    • cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
    • foliation, leafing - (botany) the process of forming leaves
    • parthenocarpy - (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
    • growth regulator, phytohormone, plant hormone - (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
    • cork, phellem - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
    • sporulate - convert into spores
    • invaginate - sheathe
    • sporulate - produce spores
    • acroscopic - facing or on the side toward the apex
    • basiscopic - facing or on the side toward the base
    • acropetal - of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
    • basipetal - of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base
    • basifixed - attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
    • comal, comate, comose - of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
    • carpellate, pistillate - bearing or consisting of carpels
    • acarpellous, acarpelous - having no carpels
    • cauline - especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem
    • basal, radical - especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
    • caulescent, cauline, stemmed - (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground
    • acaulescent, stemless - (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground
    • outward-developing - away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge
    • inward-developing - toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center
    • chlamydeous - having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla
    • achlamydeous - not having a floral envelope or perianth
    • brachiate - having widely spreading paired branches
    • comate, comose - bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
    • cyclic - forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
    • acyclic - not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
    • annual, one-year - completing its life cycle within a year
    • biennial, two-year - having a life cycle lasting two seasons
    • perennial - lasting three seasons or more
    • determinate - not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
    • cymose - having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side
    • indeterminate - having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
    • racemose - having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow
    • dextrorsal, dextrorse - spiraling upward from left to right
    • sinistrorsal, sinistrorse - spiraling upward from right to left
    • precocious - appearing or developing early
    • autogamic, autogamous - characterized by or fit for autogamy
    • endogamic, endogamous - characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
    • exogamic, exogamous - characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related
    • fastigiate - having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
    • aerial - existing or living or growing or operating in the air
    • antheral, staminate - capable of fertilizing female organs
    • pistillate - having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant
    • monoclinous - having pistils and stamens in the same flower
    • diclinous - having pistils and stamens in separate flowers
    • capsulate, capsulated - used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
    • opposite, paired - of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
    • alternate - of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
    • ariled, arillate - (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover
    • foliate - (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
    • foliolate - (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets
    • aphyllous - having no leaves
    • scapose - resembling or consisting of a scape; having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground
    • bilabiate, two-lipped - having two lips
    • cancellate, cancellated, clathrate - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
    • terete - especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering
    • torulose - of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals
    • simple, unsubdivided - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
    • compound - composed of more than one part
    • aggregate - composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
    • double - used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
    • single - used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
    • bullate - of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered
    • imbricate, imbricated - used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
    • squamulose - covered with tiny scales
    • rugose - of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
    • smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
    • rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
    • convolute, convoluted - rolled longitudinally upon itself
    • involute, rolled - especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
    • bifid - divided into two lobes
    • pentamerous - divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members
    • trifid - divided into three lobes
    • assurgent - growing or extending upward
    • ligneous - consisting of or containing lignin or xylem
    • alliaceous - of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium
    • apogametic, apogamic, apogamous - of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization
    • apomictic, apomictical - of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
    • apothecial - of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
    • archegonial, archegoniate - of or relating to an archegonium
    • archesporial - of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores
    • araceous, aroid - relating to a plant of the family Araceae
    • arthrosporic, arthrosporous - of or relating to arthrospores
    • asclepiadaceous - of or relating to plants of the milkweed family
    • ascocarpous - of or relating to ascocarps
    • ascosporic, ascosporous - of or relating to ascospores
    • autophytic, autotrophic - of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
    • heterotrophic - requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment
    • axial, axile - relating to or attached to the axis
    • basidiomycetous - pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
    • basidiosporous - of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia
    • bicapsular - divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule
    • calyceal, calycinal, calycine - of or relating to or resembling a calyx
    • cambial - of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
    • capsular - of or relating to a capsule
    • composite - of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
    • homostyled, homostylic, homostylous - (botany) having styles all of the same length
    • panicled - having panicles; occurring in panicles
    • self-pollinating - of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination
    • umbelliform - resembling or in the form of an umbel
    • umbelliferous - relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
    • cruciferous - of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
    • tomentose - covered with densely matted filaments
    • epiphytic - of or relating to epiphytes
    • lithophytic - of or relating to lithophytes
    • myrmecophytic - of or relating to myrmecophytes
    • bladed - having a blade or blades; often used in combination
    • spicate - having or relating to spikes
    • alar, axillary - of or relating to the axil
    • paniculate - having a panicle
    • phyllodial - having a phyllode
    • involucrate - having an involucre
    • bryophytic - relating to plants of the division Bryophyta
    is a type of: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    subtypes:
    same as: botany

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