Botany Dictionary

  • Frost-free days

    Frost-free days

    The number of days in a growing season between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.

  • Fructescence

    Fructescence

    The fruiting stage or the arrangement of fruits on a plant.

  • Fructiferous

    Fructiferous

    Bearing or producing fruit.

  • Fructification

    Fructification

    The process or act of producing fruit; also refers to the fruiting body.

  • Fructify

    Fructify

    To bear or produce fruit.

  • Fruit

    Fruit

    The mature ovary of a flower, typically containing seeds.

  • Fruit dot

    Fruit dot

    Small spots or clusters on the underside of fern fronds where spores are produced (sori).

  • Foliole

    Foliole

    A leaflet, or one of the individual segments of a compound leaf.

  • Foliose

    Foliose

    Leafy or resembling leaves; often used to describe types of lichens.

  • Follicle

    Follicle

    A dry fruit that develops from a single carpel and splits open on one side to release seeds.