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Venation
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Alphabetical w/ Definitions

  1. Habit
    The overall appearance or shape of a plant crown; a plant in silhouette.

  2. Habitat
    The environment where a plant grows.

  3. Heartwood
    The innermost part of a branch or trunk; usually darker in color than the sapwood.

  4. Hip
    The term used for the berry-like fruit of a rose plant i.e. Rose hip; is actually a fleshy structure surrounding achenes.

  5. Hispid
    Rough surface with stiff and bristly hairs.

  6. Hoary
    Densely covered with short gray or white hair.

  7. Hypanthium
    Cup-shaped structure formed from the fusion of the basil portions of the petal, sepals, and anthers; Usually surrounds the pistils. Commonly found in the Rosaceae family.

Tutorial Terms

Leaf Apex

Leaf Arrangement

Leaf Base

Leaf Margin

Leaf Shape

Venation

 

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