Botany Dictionary

  • Diploid

    Diploid

    Having two complete sets of chromosomes in each cell (2n).

  • Diplotegia

    Diplotegia

    A fruit derived from an inferior ovary with a persistent calyx forming a lid (pyxis).

  • Dipterous

    Dipterous

    Having two wings or wing-like structures.

  • Disarticulate

    Disarticulate

    To separate at a joint or node (as in fruits or leaves that break cleanly).

  • Disboscation

    Disboscation

    The removal of trees or forests; deforestation.

  • Disbud

    Disbud

    To remove some flower buds to allow remaining ones to develop more fully.

  • Disc floret

    Disc floret

    The small, tubular flowers in the center of composite flower heads (Asteraceae).

  • Disc

    Disc

    The central, often fleshy part of certain flowers (especially in Asteraceae) or the enlarged receptacle in some flowers.

  • Dichasial

    Dichasial

    Relating to or resembling a dichasium (a type of cymose inflorescence).

  • Dichasium

    Dichasium

    A cymose inflorescence where each main axis produces two lateral branches.