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Category: Learn Botany Glossary

  • Sieve tube

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Sieve tube”,”exam”:”Not empty dead pipes like vessels.”}

  • Pneumatophore

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Pneumatophore”,”exam”:”Breathing root: aeration, not photosynthesis.”}

  • Guttation

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Guttation”,”exam”:”Dawn droplets on grass may be guttation, not dew.”}

  • Transpiration

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Transpiration”,”exam”:”Cuticular and lenticular loss is minor beside stomatal transpiration.”}

  • Apomixis

    {“group”:”Reproduction”,”term”:”Apomixis”,”exam”:”Seed without sex. Contrast parthenocarpy: fruit without seed.”}

  • Herbarium

    {“group”:”Taxonomy”,”term”:”Herbarium”,”exam”:”Type specimens are stored in herbaria.”}

  • Prothallus

    {“group”:”Major groups”,”term”:”Prothallus”,”exam”:”Do not confuse with moss protonema.”}

  • Crossing over

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Crossing over”,”exam”:”Chiasmata are visible at diplotene.”}

  • Collenchyma

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Collenchyma”,”exam”:”Flexible support of growing parts; sclerenchyma is rigid support of mature parts.”}

  • Stomata

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Stomata”,”exam”:”Most dicot stomata are denser on the lower leaf surface.”}