Keywords
Keywords beginning with M:
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malpighiaceous hairs: pick-shaped, attached more or less toward the middle.
maculate (1 image): spotted.
marcescent: withering and persistent, as petals and stamens in some kinds of flowers, or older leaves.
medifixed: attached by the middle, often referring to anthers.
membranaceous, membranous: thin and flexible, like a membrane.
mericarp (5 images): an individual carpel of a schizocarp; 1 of the 2 parts into which a fruit of an umbellifer splits at maturity.
mesic: moist, neither very wet nor very dry.
mesophytic: plants of moist habitats.
micropyle: the opening through the integuments of an ovule to the nucellus.
monadelphous stamens (2 images): stamens with filaments or anthers connate, generally forming a tube.
moniliform: necklace-like.
monocarpic: blooming only once and then dying; generally applied to perennials.
monoecious (5 images): with unisexual flowers, both types borne on the same individual.
monolete: a fern and lycophyte spore with a kidney shape and a single, elongate scar.
monomorphic: of a single shape or form.
monopodial: branches arising from a single stem axis.
mucilaginous: with a mucous-like texture or quality.
mucro (2 images): a short, sharp, slender point.
mucronate (1 image): tipped with a mucro.
multicipital: literally, many-headed.
multiple fruit: one derived from several or many flowers, as a pineapple or mulberry.
muricate (1 image): beset with small, sharp projections.
muriculate: diminutive of muricate.
mycorrhiza: the symbiotic relationship of a fungus and a plant root.
