Botany Dictionary

  • Buttonball

    Buttonball

    The spherical fruit cluster of the sycamore tree (Platanus occidentalis).

  • Buttress root

    Buttress root

    Large, flattened roots extending from tree trunks for structural support in shallow soils.

  • Buttress

    Buttress

    A flared base of a tree trunk or supporting roots in tropical species.

  • Bilateral

    Bilateral

    Arranged on two sides or affecting two sides equally.

  • Bilaterally symmetric

    Bilaterally symmetric

    Capable of division into mirror-image halves along one plane only (zygomorphic).

  • Bilobate

    Bilobate

    Divided into two lobes.

  • Binocular

    Binocular

    Having two chambers or compartments (e.g., anthers or ovaries).

  • Biloculate

    Biloculate

    Having two small chambers or compartments.

  • Binate

    Binate

    Growing in pairs; occurring two together.

  • Binomial

    Binomial

    Consisting of two names or terms.