Botany Dictionary

  • Platyspermic

    Platyspermic

    Having flat seeds, usually applied to fossil seed plants.

  • Pleach

    Pleach

    To intertwine or interweave the branches of trees, often used for forming hedges or arbors.

  • Plectostele

    Plectostele

    A type of stele in which the xylem and phloem are interwoven.

  • Plesiomorphic

    Plesiomorphic

    Refers to an ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.

  • Plicate

    Plicate

    Having longitudinal folds or ridges.

  • Plicatesial

    Plicatesial

    Relating to a folded or pleated floral structure.

  • Plinexed

    Plinexed

    Covered or overlaid with scales or plates.

  • Plumose

    Plumose

    Having structures arranged like a feather, often referring to hairs or stigmas.

  • Plumule

    Plumule

    The part of a seed embryo that develops into the shoot bearing the first true leaves.

  • Pluri-

    Pluri-

    A prefix meaning many or several.