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Botanical Terms word list, defined

COMATE /ˈkoʊ.meɪt/ · adjective
Covered with, or bearing a tuft of, soft hair; hairy. In botany, it describes plant parts furnished with a distinct tuft or mane of hairs. Related: hairy, pilose, villous, pubescent.
CATKIN /ˈkæt.kɪn/ · noun
A slim, cylindrical flower cluster, typically without petals, found on trees such as willows, birches, alders, and hazels; it is usually wind-pollinated and droops or hangs from the branch. Related: ament, flower spike, inflorescence.
CARPEL /ˈkɑːrpəl/ · noun
The female reproductive unit of a flower, consisting of an ovary containing one or more ovules, typically with a style and stigma; one of the modified leaves that make up the gynoecium. Related: pistil.
CAUDEX /ˈkɔːdɛks/ · noun
The thickened, usually woody stem or trunk of a plant, especially of palms, ferns, and other plants that lack true branching woody growth. In botany, it refers specifically to the persistent stem axis from which leaves or fronds arise. Related: trunk, stem, stalk.
CEREAL /ˈsɪəriəl/ (British), /ˈsɪriəl/ (US) · noun
A grass cultivated for its edible grain, such as wheat, oats, rice, or maize; also the grain itself or a prepared breakfast food made from processed grain, typically eaten with milk. Related: grain, oats, muesli, granola.
BUNDLE /ˈbʌndəl/ · noun
A bundle is a number of objects tied, wrapped, or held together, or a collection of things grouped as a unit. As a verb, it means to tie or gather things into such a mass, often hurriedly. Related: bunch, parcel, package, sheaf.
RAY /reɪ/ · noun, verb
A narrow beam of light; a line or strip of light. To shine or emit light in a narrow beam. Related: beam, light, shaft, glow.
AWN /ɔːn/ · noun
A bristle-like appendage, typically stiff and hairlike or needle-like, found on the spikelets of many grasses and cereal grains such as wheat, barley, and oats. Related: bristle, arista, beard.

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