Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Glossary
octaploid - having 8 times the basic number of chromosomes.
orbicular - circular.
ovary inferior - with the flower-parts growing from above the ovary.
ovary superior - with the flower-parts growing from below the ovary.
ovate - egg-shaped, with the broader end at the base.
ovule - the body which after fertilization becomes the seed.
P
parthenocarpic - refers to the fruiting of plants which have not been
pollinated or otherwise fertilized.
pedicel - a tiny stalk; the support of a single flower.
pendulous - more or less hanging or declined.
peduncle - a primary flower stalk supporting either a cluster or a solitary
flower.
perianth - the floral envelope consisting of the calyx and corolla.
pericycle - the tissue of the stele lying just inside the endodermis.
perigynous - adnate to the perianth, and therefore around the ovary and not
at its base.
petal - a division of the corolla; one of a circle of modified leaves
immediately outside the reproductive organs, usually brightly coloured.
petiole - the stalk of a leaf that attaches it to the stem.
phenology - the science of the relations between and periodic biological
phenomena
phenotype - the morphological, physiological, behavioural, and other
outwardly recognizable forms of an organism that develop through the
interaction of genes and environment.
pilose - hairy, especially with soft hairs.
pilosulous - minutely pilose.
pinnate - a compound leaf consisting of several leaflets arranged on each
side of a common petiole.
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