Botany Dictionary

  • Porous subsoil

    Porous subsoil

    Subsoil that contains many pores, allowing air and water to move through it.

  • Posterior

    Posterior

    Situated at the back or rear; in flowers, it refers to the side facing away from the axis.

  • Premorse

    Premorse

    Having an abruptly truncated or notched end, as if bitten off.

  • Pricking off

    Pricking off

    The act of transplanting seedlings to give them more space to grow.

  • Pricking out

    Pricking out

    Separating and transplanting seedlings into larger containers or beds.

  • Prickle

    Prickle

    A pointed outgrowth from the surface of a stem or leaf, like those on rose stems.

  • Primary vein

    Primary vein

    The main vein running through a leaf from which secondary veins branch.

  • Pro parte

    Pro parte

    Latin for ‘in part’; used when only part of a taxon’s original description is referred to.

  • Process

    Process

    A projection or outgrowth from a plant organ or structure.

  • Procumbent

    Procumbent

    Lying flat on the ground but not rooting at the nodes.