Botany Dictionary

  • Medial

    Medial

    Located in the middle or central part of a structure, such as the medial vein of a leaf or stem.

  • Median

    Median

    Referring to the central or middle part of a structure, often used in describing leaf venation or symmetry.

  • Medicinal plants

    Medicinal plants

    Plants that are used for their therapeutic properties, either in traditional or modern medicine.

  • Medifixed

    Medifixed

    A term used to describe a plant or part of a plant that is fixed in position or structure, often…

  • Medium sand

    Medium sand

    A type of sand with particles of intermediate size, typically used in soil classification and for gardening or horticultural purposes.

  • Medulla

    Medulla

    The central part of a plant stem or root, often consisting of parenchyma cells.

  • Medullated protostele

    Medullated protostele

    A type of vascular system in certain plants, characterized by a central medulla surrounded by vascular tissue in a protostele…

  • Mega-

    Mega-

    A prefix meaning large or great, often used in botanical and biological terms to refer to large structures or quantities.

  • Megagametophyte (also macrogametophyte)

    Megagametophyte (also macrogametophyte)

    The female gametophyte in seed plants, which produces the egg cell for fertilization.

  • Megagametophyte

    Megagametophyte

    The female gametophyte, typically large and capable of producing eggs for fertilization in seed plants.