plant structure
English Thesaurus
1. any part of a plant or fungus (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | natural object, |
| definition | : | an object occurring naturally; not made by man (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | stub, |
| definition | : | a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | button, |
| definition | : | any of various plant parts that resemble buttons (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | thallus, |
| definition | : | a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cap, pileus, |
| definition | : | a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calyptra, |
| definition | : | the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | volva, |
| definition | : | cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | domatium, |
| definition | : | a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pycnidium, |
| definition | : | flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stipule, |
| definition | : | a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tepal, |
| definition | : | an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gynostegium, |
| definition | : | the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chalaza, |
| definition | : | basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nucellus, |
| definition | : | central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | germ tube, |
| definition | : | (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pollen tube, |
| definition | : | (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mentum, |
| definition | : | a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | corona, |
| definition | : | (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lip, |
| definition | : | (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mycelium, |
| definition | : | the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | plant organ, |
| definition | : | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aril, |
| definition | : | fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | duct, |
| definition | : | a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | veil, velum, |
| definition | : | a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | annulus, skirt, |
| definition | : | (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | plant tissue, |
| definition | : | the tissue of a plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tendril, |
| definition | : | slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stump, tree stump, |
| definition | : | the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | prophyll, |
| definition | : | a plant structure resembling a leaf (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stock, |
| definition | : | a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | receptacle, |
| definition | : | enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | kernel, meat, |
| definition | : | the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lobe, |
| definition | : | (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ligule, |
| definition | : | (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | flora, plant, plant life, |
| definition | : | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops) |
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