Botany Dictionary

  • Pitted

    Pitted

    Having small, shallow indentations or cavities, often referring to the surface of plant cells or tissues.

  • Placenta

    Placenta

    In botany, the part of the ovary where ovules are attached.

  • Placentation

    Placentation

    The type or pattern of ovule attachment to the ovary wall.

  • Plane

    Plane

    A flat or level surface; often used in describing plant symmetry or cuts.

  • Plano-

    Plano-

    A prefix meaning flat or level.

  • Plant breeders rights (pbr)

    Plant breeders rights (pbr)

    Legal rights granted to breeders for new plant varieties they have developed.

  • Plant breeding

    Plant breeding

    The science and practice of improving plants through selective mating and genetic techniques.

  • Plant variety rights (pvr)

    Plant variety rights (pvr)

    Intellectual property rights given to the developer of a new plant variety.

  • Plantlet

    Plantlet

    A small or young plant, especially one developing vegetatively on a parent plant.

  • Plasmodesmata

    Plasmodesmata

    Microscopic channels that traverse plant cell walls, allowing communication and transport between cells.