Glossary beginning with F
Plant Glossary
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F
- Farinose
Covered with a powder (resembling flour). Farina is a powdery deposit found on the surface of leaves.
- Felted
Possessing hairs giving an overall appearance of felt.
- Fertile stem
Spore-bearing stems
- Filament
Stalk part of a stamen. It supports an anther.
- Fissure
a relatively long narrow opening.
- Fleshy
Swollen because of high water content. Succulent, juicy, pulpy.
- Flexuous
Wavy. Generally refers to a stem or hair.
- Floral
Belonging to the flower
- Foliose
Having a leaflike shape.
- Follicle
A pod, similar to a pea pod but that splits open along one side only.
- Fringe
A border of hair-like structures
- Furcate
forked
- Furrowed
With a narrow groove