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Today’s word: #hypanthium (n): A cup shaped or tubular expansion of the receptacle of a flower, loosely surrounding/fused with the female part of a flower.
EX: In apples, the fruit is almost entirely hypanthium tissue surrounding the ovule & seeds.
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Today’s word: #Carotenoid (n): organic accessory pigment that is produced by plants/algae, responsible for rich colors of many fruits/veggies.
EX: As fall approaches, chlorophyll is replaced at slower rates than it is used & carotenoid colors show.
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Today’s word: #Lycophyte (n): AKA 'fern allies', a clade. Spore-bearing vascular plants lacking seeds, wood, fruit, & flowers, that has microphyll leaves.
EX: Extinct lycophytes included large trees, which were important in the formation of coal.
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Today’s word: #bract (n): a type of leaf that grows from the area below a flower & is sometimes different in shape/color from main leaves.
Ex: Poinsettias are popular for their attractive red bracts (which I, until recently, thought was the flower).
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Today’s word: #guttation (adj.):the secretion of water droplets from the pores of plants.
Ex: Guttation on the hydrangea leaf indicate night time conditions of high humidity, cool air, and warm soil.(To date, this is my favorite word see in action)
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Today’s word: #monocarpic (adj.): flowering only once and then dying.
Example: The monocarpic agave in the greenhouse poked me as I walked by—it hurt.
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Today’s word: #Heterophyllous (adj.):
Having dissimilar leaves on one plant.
Example: The #jackfruit that’s growing in @BethanyZumwalde’s and my office is heterophyllous.
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