This page gathers the 2,041 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Botany”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 21 of 21: from “waterdock” to “zygospore”.
- waterdock noun Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.
- waterleaf noun Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
- waterplant noun An aquatic plant
- wavy adj Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
- wayfaring-tree noun A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots…
- weedy adj Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed…
- weel noun An arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.
- wetwood noun Wood with a darkened or wet appearance resulting from abnormally high water content or a bacterial infection.
- white ginger noun Ginger rootstock which has been dried and scraped.
- white rust noun A disease of some plants caused by the pathogen Albugo candida
- whorl noun A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
- whort noun The whortleberry, or bilberry (fruit).
- wild mint noun Mentha arvensis
- wild onion noun Any of a large number of noncultivated plants that smell similar to, or otherwise resemble, domesticated onions, especially in the genus…
- wildering noun A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.
- wilt noun Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
- wing noun Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the…
- witch's broom noun A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, such that the natural structure of the plant is changed so that a dense mass of…
- wogonin noun An O-methylated flavone found in Scutellaria baicalensis, and used in treating certain medical conditions.
- wood parenchyma noun The vertical and usually axially arranged parenchyma of the xylem that is believed to function chiefly in carbohydrate storage.
- woody adj Non-herbaceous.
- Woronin body noun An organelle found near the septae that divide hyphal compartments in filamentous Ascomycota, formed by budding from conventional…
- wort noun A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an…
- wound cambium noun A layer of phellogen resulting from the tangential division of epidermal cells, or from cortical cells beneath the epidermis.
- wound gum noun A substance abundantly secreted in the vessels by the surrounding starch cells, closing the wound cavities.
- xenia noun The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
- xenogamy noun The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.
- xerophyte noun Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or…
- xerophytic adj Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte
- xerotropism noun The tendency of plants or parts of plants to alter their position to protect themselves from desiccation.
- xiphioid adj Sword-shaped; ensiform.
- xylem noun A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary…
- xylophyte noun Any woody plant.
- xylophytic adj Relating to xylophytes
- yellow dwarf noun Any of several plant diseases caused by viruses, characterized by stunted growth and yellowing of the leaves; an individual plant that has…
- yellow star noun Any plant of the genus Hypoxis in the family Hypoxidaceae.
- zoogonous adj That sprout before they fall
- zoomorphosis noun The formation of a plant structure (such as a gall) by means of animal activity
- zygophyte noun Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the…
- zygosperm noun A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in…
- zygospore noun A zygosperm.