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The collective term for the sepals of a flower is the calyx.

Of the two leaf shapes, awl and acicular, awl means needle-like.

The pollen cones of cycads have many sporangia, which dehisce and release the pollen.

The original bonsai trees were grown to mimic plants that were seen naturally growing where:

The living stones belong to the genus Lithops, which belong to the family Aizoaceae.

Leaves with a long tail-like projection that is not sharp are called:

A monoecious species has plants with both male and female flowers.

Fern terms are often different from their angiosperm counterparts. Which fern term is equivalent to a leaf:

The part of the apple that you throw away actually, which we call the “core,” is the true fruit, which lies beneath the expanded hypanthium tissue that becomes fleshy and delicious.

The specialized stipules of Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family) are fused and formed into a tube around the stem. This is known as: