acicular

needle-shaped leaves

acuminate

tapering to a slender point

adnate anther

calyx extended to the overy

amplexicaul

lobes covering the stem

aril

an exterior covering of some seeds

bicorpellary

Twin carpels

bipinnate

two spinal column bearing leaflets

coriaceous

leathery cuirass

corymb

main axis on which the flower stalks arise at different levels

crenate

rounded leaf margins

cuneate

narrowly triangular with the acute angle toward the base

decussate

pairs of leaves grown at right across at each other

deciduous

sheding leaves each season

dioecious

staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants

drupe

a one-seeded indehiscent fruit having hard body endocarp, a fleshy thin exocarp that is flexible (cherry and almond)

elliptic

oblong but tapering ends

emarginate

having the margin notched

fascicle

short and crowded flowers in clusters

fistular

hollow space from one organ to another

glabrous

smooth surface without hair

glaucous

having a powdery and waxy coating that gives

a frosted appearance and tends to rub off

hastate

triangular with sharp basal lobes spreading away from the base of the petiole

helicoid

forming or arranged in a spiral

hispid

rough or covered with bristles, stiff hairs, or minute spines

imparipinnate

unusual leaflet at the end

involucre

one or more whorls of bracts situated below and close to a flower, flower cluster or fruit l

l ianes

tree size twining woody climbers

loculicidal

dehiscing longitudinally so as to bisect each cavity in a fruit

monoecious

male and female flower in same plant (HERMAPHRODITE)

oblong

deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by elongation in one dimension (melon)

obovate

ovate with the narrower end basal

obtuse

rounded at the free end

penicle

a pyramidal loosely branched flowers cluster

pappus

a tuft of appendages that crowns the overy in various seed plants and functions in the dispersion of the fruit

paripinnate

- even number of leaflets on a plants stem

petaloid

resembling a flower petal, attracts insects

pistillate

female part of a flower

reniform

suggesting a kidney in outline

retuse

having blunt rounded tip with a notch

rugose

having the veinlets shunken and the spaces between elevated leaves of a plant (sage)

scabrous

raised, roughened, or unwholesome patch on a

serrate

notched or toothed edge pointing forward or toward the apex

stipel

short plant stalk

tomentose

covered with densely matted hairs