Usman

Category: Learn Botany Glossary

  • Heartwood

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Heartwood”,”exam”:”Heartwood is dead and often more durable timber.”}

  • Axillary bud

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Axillary bud”,”exam”:”Eyes of a potato are axillary buds, so a potato is a stem.”}

  • Venation

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Venation”,”exam”:”Standard monocot versus dicot contrast.”}

  • Photosystem

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Photosystem”,”exam”:”Cyclic photophosphorylation uses PSI only and makes ATP, not NADPH or O2.”}

  • Cytokinin

    {“group”:”Growth & hormones”,”term”:”Cytokinin”,”exam”:”Together with auxin it is essential in tissue culture.”}

  • Pollen

    {“group”:”Reproduction”,”term”:”Pollen”,”exam”:”Pollen characters are used in palynology.”}

  • Cyanobacteria

    {“group”:”Major groups”,”term”:”Cyanobacteria”,”exam”:”Prokaryotes, not chloroplast-bearing algae.”}

  • Ecosystem

    {“group”:”Ecology”,”term”:”Ecosystem”,”exam”:”Energy flows one way; nutrients cycle.”}

  • Polyploidy

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Polyploidy”,”exam”:”Colchicine is used to induce polyploidy.”}

  • Middle lamella

    {“group”:”Cell biology”,”term”:”Middle lamella”,”exam”:”Fruit ripening softens pectin in the middle lamella, so tissues fall apart.”}