Botany Terms

Name Structure/ Category Description
Odd-pinnate [Terminal leaflet] {presence} Pinnately compound with an odd number of leaflets, one of them terminal.
Once palmately compound [Leaves] {complexity form} Compound with leaflets all attached at a common point and diverging from one another.
Once pinnately compound [Leaves] {complexity form} Compound with leaflets attached at different points along and on either side of a central axis or rachis.
Once pinnately lobed [Leaves] {lobing form} With several main segments or lobes positioned along and on either side of a central axis; lobed in a feather-like pattern.
Once pinnate-pinnatifid [Leaves] {complexity form} Once pinnately compound with pinnatifid leaflets.
Opposite [Leaves] {insertion} Positioned in pairs along the stem, the members of each pair at the same level across from one another; two leaves occurring at each node.
Orbiculate [Leaflets, Leaves, Petals, Phyllaries, Sepals] {shape} Approximately circular in outline.
Oval (1) [Leaflets, Leaves, Petals, Phyllaries, Sepals] {shape} Broadly elliptic, the width more than one-half the length, with rounded ends.
Oval (2) [Leaf cross section] {shape} Elliptic in cross section.
Ovary [Flowers] The lower portion of a pistil where ovules are borne; often distinguishable from the rest of the pistil by its larger circumference.