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Abscission	Achene	Acid
Acuminate	Acute	Adventitious
Aerial	Air layering	Alkaline
Alpine	Alternate	Angiosperm
Annual	Anther	Apical
Appressed	Aquatic	Arctic
Areole	Aril	Ascending
Auricle	Auriculate	Awn
Axil	Axillary	Bamboo
Bark	Basal	Berry
Biennial	Binomial	Bipinnate
Bipinnatifid	Bisexual	Blade
Bole	Botanical name	Botany
Bract	Bracteole	Bud
Budding	Bulb	Buttress
Cactus	Callus	Calyx
Cambium	Campanulate	Cane
Canopy	Capitulum (head)	Capsule
Carpel	Catkin	Caudex
Cauliflorous	Chalk	Chlorophyll
Chlorosis	Cladode	Clay
Clone	Columnar	Common name
Compound	Cone	Conifer
Conservatory	Cool-temperate	Cordate
Corm	Corolla	Corona
Corymb	Cotyledon	Crenate
Crenulate	Cross	Cross-pollination
Crown	Crownshaft	Crozier
Cultivar	Cultivar group	Cultivated
Cuneate	Cupule	Cutting
Cycad	Cyme	Deciduous
Decussate	Dehiscent	Dentate
Denticulate	Dicotyledon	Digitate (palmate)
Dioecious	Disc floret	Disease
Dispersal	Distichous	Dormant
Double	Drupe	Drupelet
Elliptic	Emarginate	Embryo
Endemic	Entire	Epicormic
Epiphyte	Erect	Escape (garden escape)
Espalier	Essential oil	Even-pinnate
Evergreen	Exotic	Falcate
Family	Fan palm	Fascicle
Fastigiate	Feather palm	Female
Fern	Fertile	Fertilize
Filament	Fimbriate	Floret
Flower	Flowerhead	Flowering plant
Fodder	Follicle	Forma
Frond	Frost hardy	Fruit
Fungus	Funnelform	Genotype
Genus	Germination	Glabrous
Gland	Glaucous	Globose
Grex	Growth habit	Gymnosperm
Gynophore	Habitat	Hair
Hardy	Hastate	Haw
Head	Heath	Hemisphere
Herb	Herbaceous	Hermaphrodite
Hip (hep)	Hirsute	Hispid
Horticulture	Humus	Hybrid
Imbricate	Incised	Incurved
Indigenous	Inflorescence	Informal
Insectivorous	Internode	Introduced
Invasive	Involucre	Juvenile
Keel	Laciniate	Lamina
Lanceolate	Lateral	Latex
Leader	Leaflet	Legume
Lenticel	Liane	Lichen
Lignotuber	Ligule	Limb
Lime	Linear	Lithophyte
Loam	Lobe	Male
Mallee	Margin	Mediterranean
Mericarp	Meristem	Mesocarp
Midrib	Monocotyledon	Monoecious
Monsoonal	Moss	Mucronate
Mulch	Mycorrhiza	Native
Naturalized	Nectar	Needle
Neutral	Nitrogen-fixing	Node
Nut	Nutrient	Obcordate
Oblanceolate	Oblong	Obovate
Obovoid	Obtuse	Ochrea (ocrea)
Odd-pinnate	Operculum	Opposite
Orbicular	Orchid	Order
Organic	Ornamental	Ovary
Ovate	Ovoid	Ovule
Palm	Palmate	Palmatifid
Panicle	Pantropical	Parasite
Peat	Pedicel	Peduncle
Peltate	Perennial	Perfoliate
Perianth	Persistent	Pest
Petal	Petiole	Petiolule
pH	Phenotype	Phloem
Photosynthesis	Phylloclade	Phyllode
Pilose	Pine	Pinna
Pinnate	Pinnatifid	Pinnule
Pistil	Pith	Plumose
Pneumatophore	Pod	Pollen
Pollination	Pome	Prickle
Propagation	Prostrate	Pseudostem
Pseudowhorl	Pubescence	Pubescent
Pungent	Race	Raceme
Rachis (rhachis)	Rainforest	Ray (medullary ray)
Ray floret	Receptacle	Recurved
Reflexed	Reticulate	Retuse
Revolute	Rhachis	Rhizome
Root	Rootstock	Rosette
Rugose	Rust fungus	Sagittate
Salverform	Samara	Sand
Saprophyte	Savannah (savanna)	Scale
Scale leaves	Scape	Schizocarp
Scion	Sclerophyll	Seed
Seed leaf	Seedhead	Segment
Semi-double	Sepal	Series
Serrate	Serrulate	Sessile
Sheath	Shoot	Shrub
Silt	Simple	Single
Sinuate	Soil	Solitary
Sorus	Spadix	Spathe
Spathulate	Species	Spermatophytes
Sphagnum	Spike	Spikelet
Spine	Spore	Sporophyll
Spur	Stalk	Stamen
Staminode	Standard	Stem
Sterile	Stigma	Stipe
Stipule	Stolon	Stomate
Stool	Strain	Stratify
Striate	Style	Subarctic
Subgenus	Subshrub	Subsoil
Subspecies	Substrate	Subtend
Subtropical	Subulate	Succulent
Sucker	Syncarp	Synonym
Tannin	Taproot	Taxonomy
Temperate	Tendril	Terete
Terminal	Terrestrial	Tessellated
Tetraploid	Thorn	Throat
Tomentose	Tree	Tree fern
Tribe	Trifoliate	Tropical
Truncate	Trunk	Truss
Tuber	Umbel	Undulate
Unisexual	Urceolate	Variegated
Variety	Vascular	Vein
Venation	Vine	Warm-temperate
Weed	Whorled	Winged
Witch?s broom	Wood	Woody
Xerophyte	Xylem