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Prickles on a blackberry branch. In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.
It uses thorn, spine and prickle as here, adding to the references. --RoRo 17:26, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Good sources. Also, as I said above, I think that the fact that botanical Latin does not distinguish thorn and spine as nouns (spina is used for both) is an issue worth noting.
A structure on the stem node of a cactus, morphologically a specialised branch; the region of a cactus upon which spine s, glochid s, and flowers are borne. aril A membranous or fleshy appendage formed by expansion of the funicle which partly or wholly covers a seed , e.g. the fleshy outer layer of lychee fruit, or that found in members of the ...
Acanthochronology is the study of cactus spines or Euphorbia thorns grown in time ordered sequence (i.e. in series). Physical, morphological or chemical characteristics and information about the relative order or absolute age of the spines or thorns is used to study past climate or plant physiology.
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a-, an-: Pronunciation: /ə/, /a/, /ən/, /an/.Origin: Ancient Greek: ἀ-, ἀν-(a, an-). Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the ...
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