Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Glossary
lanceolate - shaped like a lance head, several times longer than wide,
broadest above the base and narrowed toward the apex.
lateral - side shoot, bud etc.
lamellae - a thin, flat plate or laterally flattened ridge.
lenticellate - having a body of cells as a pore, formed on the periderm of a
stem, and appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot.
locular - having a cavity or chamber inside the ovary, anther or fruit.
M
membranous - thin in texture, soft and pliable.
mesocarp - the fleshy middle portion of the wall of a succulent fruit between
the skin and the stony layer.
micro-propagation - propagation of plants thought tissue culture.
monophyletic - descended from a single ancestral line. See Also:
polyphyletic.
mucronate - terminated abruptly by a distinct and obvious spur or spiny tip.
N
naturalized - to cause a plant to become established and grow undisturbed as
if native.
nectar - sweet secretion of glands in many kinds of flower.
nectrotic - Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease.
nectiferous - producing nectar.
O
oblique - slanting, unequal sided.
obovate - inverted ovate; egg-shaped, with the broadest part above.
obtuse - blunt or rounded at the end.
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