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GLOSSARY
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Salver-shaped e.g., the corolla of Syringa.
Spike An inflorescence having the stalkless flowers on a common
undivided axis.
Stigma The viscous topmost part of the style receiving the pollen.
Stipules Leaflets at the base of the leaf-stalk, having a lateral position.
Style The mostly slender termination of the ovary bearing the stigma.
Tuber
An underground fleshy stem, e.g., the potato.
Umbel
Unisexual
An inflorescence in which the flower-stalks radiate from one point.
Flowers or plants bearing only male or female organs.
Valvate Used of sepals and petals when their edges meet without overlapping.
Whorl When several leaves or organs arise on the same plane from the
central axis.
Winged Stems or branches or seeds provided with a membranous or
leafy expansion.