Ecology plant glossary 2024 Final Exam with correct Question and Answers

Ecology plant glossary 2024 Final Exam with correct Question and Answers Axillary Arising in axil of leaf or bract Axis (rachis) Main stem running up through an inflorescence Basal Base (Some plant, all leave occur at base of stem, often in rosette) Base-rich (or basic) Of soils/water, rich in alkaline nutrients Beak Terminal projection, on fruit Formed by style that is persistent in fruit Effectively the stalk between Berry Fruit, containing one or more steeds, doesn't have stony inner coat around seed Biconcave Having concave faces on both side Biconvex Convex faces on both sides Biennial Plant living for two seasons, normally germinating in the first spring, only forming leaves, and flowers/fruits in second year, then dies Bifid Forked cleft in two bisexual flower, with both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts in same flower blade main part of flat organ, such as leaf bog areas of waterlogged acid peat, usually with vegetation bract 1. leaf-like stucture, usually green, below a flower and located where flower-stalk joins the stem 2. umbelifers used for whorl of small leaves at base of main umbel bracteole 1. tiny leaf-like stucture 2. umbelifers, whorls of small leaves or bracts at bases of secondary or partial umbels bulb the round underground part of some plants, shaped like an onion, that grows into a new plant every year bulbil small bulb, usually above ground in leaf-axil or leaf edge, can fall off and grow into new plant calyx whorl of sepals below an individual flower calyx tube tube formed when lower part of se