plant structure

Noun
  1. Any part of a plant or fungus (synset 113107668)
    is a type of: natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
    subtypes:
    • stub - a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
    • button - any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
    • thallus - a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
    • cap, pileus - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
    • calyptra - the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy
    • volva - cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi
    • domatium - a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi
    • pycnidium - flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia
    • stipule - a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
    • tepal - an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
    • gynostegium - the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
    • chalaza - basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined
    • nucellus - central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
    • 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
    • mentum - a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids
    • corona - (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
    • lip - (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
    • mycelium - the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
    • plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
    • aril - fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
    • duct - a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
    • veil, velum - a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
    • annulus, skirt - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
    • plant tissue - the tissue of a plant
    • tendril - slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
    • stump, tree stump - the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
    • prophyll - a plant structure resembling a leaf
    • stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
    • receptacle - enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
    • kernel, meat - the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
    • lobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided
    • ligule - (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
    is a part of: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    same as: plant part

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