Botany Terms

Name Structure/ Category Description
Persistent (2) [Seed cones] {persistence} Remaining on the branch long after shedding seeds, sometimes for many years.
Persistent (3) [Seed cone armature] {persistence} Remaining attached; not falling off while the cone is still intact.
Petal A unit or segment of the inner floral envelope or corolla of a flower; often colored and more or less showy.
Petaloid resembling a flower petal in form, appearance, or texture
Petiolate [Leaves] {form of attachment} With a leaf stalk or petiole.
Petiole a slender stem that supports the blade of a foliage leaf and that is usu. cylindrical but sometimes flattened or even winged
Petiolulate [Leaflets] {form of attachment} With a leaflet stalk or petiolule.
Petiolule The stalk of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
Photosynthetic Able to convert light energy to chemical energy by means of chlorophylls and other photosynthetic pigments.
Phyllary one of the involucral bracts subtending the flower head of a composite plant