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A palmately compound leaf with leaflets, similar to palmate [3] ecirrate: leaf tip: Without a cirrus; antonym: cirrate: elliptic: ellipticus: whole leaf: Shaped like an ellipse (widest at mid-blade and with similar convex tapering towards apex and base), with a short or no point emarginate: emarginatus: leaf tip: Slightly indented at the tip ...
Looking up into the branch structure of a Pinus sylvestris tree Animation of zooming into the leaf of a Sequoia sempervirens (Californian Redwood). Plant morphology "represents a study of the development, form, and structure of plants, and, by implication, an attempt to interpret these on the basis of similarity of plan and origin". [ 4 ]
A straight, stiff hair (smooth or with minute teeth); the upper part of an awn (when the latter is bent and has a lower, stouter, and usually twisted part, called the column). brochidodromous Pinnate leaf venation in which the secondary vein s do not terminate at the leaf margin, but are joined in a succession of prominent arcs. brochus. pl. brochi
Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces.
English: This diagram show a specific parts of a leaf that is on a stem. The parts included are: 1. Apex 2. Midvein (Primary vein) 3. Secondary vein. 4. Lamina. 5. Leaf margin 6. Petiole 7. Bud 8. Stem
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A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, [1] usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis.Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", [2] [3] while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. [4]
English: The fine scale structure of a leaf featuring the major tissues; the upper and lower epithelia (and associated cuticles), the palisade and spongy mesophyll and the guard cells of the stoma. Vascular tissue (veins) is not shown.