Botany Dictionary

  • Rugulose

    Rugulose

    Finely wrinkled; having minute wrinkles or roughness.

  • Ruminate

    Ruminate

    Describing seed endosperm that is irregularly grooved or divided, like chewed food.

  • Runcinate

    Runcinate

    Having lobes or segments pointing toward the base.

  • Runner

    Runner

    A creeping stem that roots at nodes and produces daughter plants.

  • Runners

    Runners

    Plural of runner; slender horizontal stems that develop roots and shoots at nodes.

  • Rupestral

    Rupestral

    Growing on or among rocks.

  • Rupicolous

    Rupicolous

    Living on or among rocks; rock-dwelling.

  • Rush

    Rush

    A grass-like plant of the family Juncaceae, typically found in wetlands.

  • Rostrum

    Rostrum

    A beak-like structure or extension, often at the tip of a fruit or seed.

  • Rosulate

    Rosulate

    Having leaves arranged in a rosette formation.