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Stems which trail along the ground are called stolons and bear foliage leaves. Stems which are underground are called rhizomes and bear only scale-like leaves. Both stolons and rhizomes ... and in Panicum (switchgrass) they are unequal in size, the first glume being short or lacking, ... The flowers are scalelike or chaffy.
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An enlarged underground structure consisting of stem tissue and thin scales. Similar to a bulb. ... The overall appearance of a plant, stem, leaves and so on. ... Horizontal underground stem. Commonly refered to as roots because they are underground they act functionally as stems and the true roots emerge from the rhizome.
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List of plant morphology terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These ...
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Spathe and Spadix - a thick, fleshy flower spike (spadix) surrounded by a leaf or bract (spathe); ex: closet plant ... Capsule - short and rounded fruit, consists of more than one carpel ... Lenticels - loose corky cells on woody stems which are responsible for the exchange of gasses...
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A true bulb is defined as a modified, underground stem, usually surrounded by scalelike, modified leaves, and containing stored food for the shoots enclosed within. The scales are held together ... All are small, short plants and are used in informal, ... If an excessive number of thin, crowded stems and few blooms becomes evident,
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Bulb -- A small, stout underground stem bearing modified (scalelike) leaves and fibrous basal roots; ... Hoary -- Covered with short and fine white or grey hairs. Homophyllous -- With leaves that are all identical or very similar in form. Homosporous -- Production of one type of spore. Hyaline -- Thin,
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corm Short, thick, unbranched, underground stem often surrounded by dry (not fleshy) leaves or leaf bases. (see bulb, stem) (e.g., Muilla maritima) ... herbage The above-ground, non-woody parts of a plant, including especially the leaves and young stems taken together, excluding flowers and fruits.
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