ag·gre·gate fruit (ăg’rĭ-gĭt frūt)
A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower. (examples: raspberry, blackberry)
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cre·nate (krē’nāt’)
Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections: a crenate leaf
Katsura – image source flickr user: Schnittke
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Panicle. păn‘ĭ-kəl
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers (and fruit) attached along the secondary branches (in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes).
image (Lilac) source: Muffet
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Samara of Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent (not opening along a seam). The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed away from the parent tree. Commonly referred to as a whirlybird, helicopter, or whirligig. Also referred to as a key.
examples:
- Elm
- Maple
- Ash
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The leading or main branches thrown out directly from the trunk, giving a general shape to the plant.
image :Aaron Escobar
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deciduous (dĭ-sĭj’ū-əs) A term used to describe trees or shrubs that drop all their leaves to survive a cold or dry season; not evergreen.
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Inflorescence (ĭn’flə-rĕs’əns)
A cluster of flowers arranged in a particular way on a stem. Spikes, racemes, umbels, whorls, panicles, cymes, and corymbs are common types of inflorescences.
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Image Source Flickr user: Steve_C
Campanulate
adj. (kăm-păn’yə-lĭt, -lāt’)
Shaped like a bell, as certain flowers are.
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