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| Alternate (9): | arranged in two rows but not opposite |
| Anther: | part of the stamen that contains the pollen |
| Basal (22): | arising from the base of the stem |
| Bracteole (32): | small and often scale-like leaf just beneath a compound flowerhead |
| Bracts (29): | small and often scale-like leaf just beneath a flower |
| Bulbil: | small bulb arising in the axis of an inflorescence or leaf |
| Calyx (27): | the group of sepals as a whole |
| Catkin: | spike-like inflorescence |
| Cordate: | heart-shaped at the base |
| Epicalyx: | calyx-like structure outside but close to the calyx |
| Fruit: | ripe seeds and structure surrounding them |
| Involucre (29): | bracts forming a calyx-like structure below an inflorescence of Compositae |
| Head: | compact cluster of flowers |
| Keel (28): | lower part of a legume flower |
| Latex: | milky juice |
| Ligule: | small scale on the surface of a leaf/flower |
| Lip (35): | the lower or upper lobe of an irregular flower |
| Mucronate: | with a short narrow extension at the tip |
| Node: | a point on the stem where one or more leaves arise |
| Ob-: | the other way up from normal |
| Oblong: | a flat shape, middle part more or less parallel-sided |
| Opposite (23): | leaves arising at the same level on opposite sides of the stem |
| Ovate: | more or less egg-shaped |
| Ovary: | female reproductive organ |
| Obovate: | inverted egg-shaped (broadest above the middle) |
| Papillae: | small nipple-like projections |
| Parasite: | plant which derives its food from other living plants to which it is attached |
| Perennial: | plant living for more than two years |
| Petal: | colourful part of the flower |
| Pinnate (20): | a leaf composed of more than 3 leaflets |
| Pinnatifid: | leaves with multiple lobes where the lobes are still connected to each other |
| Perianth: | flower as a whole including both sepals and petals |
| Petiole: | stalk of leaves |
| Procumbent: | a plant lying close to the surface on the ground |
| Raceme: | unbranched inflorescence in which the flowers are born on stalks |
| Sepal (27): | outer part of a flower, often green and leaf-like |
| Sessile: | without a stalk |
| Siliqua (33): | narrow cylindrical pod with a ratio of length to width greater than 3: 1 |
| Silicula (34): | pod with a ratio of length to width smaller than 3: 1 |
| Spike (1): | inflorescence with sessile flowers |
| Stamen (27): | male reproductive organ within a flower |
| Standard (28): | upper part of a legume flower |
| Stigma (27): | receptive surface of the flower to which the pollen adhere |
| Stipule (25): | scale-like or leaf-like appendage on the leaf stalk |
| Style (27): | part of the flower that connects the ovary with the stigma |
| Tomentose: | densely covered in soft hairs |
| Umbel (30-32): | inflorescence in which the flower stalks all arise from the top of the main stem |
| Whorled (21): | more than two leaves arising from the same level |
| Wing (28): | lateral part of a legume flower |
| Winged: | membraneous extension of a stem or stalk |
