sheathing leaf

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• sheathing leaf — leaves that are shaped like a sheath …   English contemporary dictionary

• Vaginant leaf — Vaginant Vag i*nant, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See {Vagina}.] Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing. [1913 Webster] {Vaginant leaf} (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Piperales — ▪ plant order  order of flowering plants comprising 4 families, 17 genera, and 4,090 species. Along with the orders Laurales, Magnoliales, and Canellales, Piperales forms the magnoliid clade, which is an early evolutionary branch in the… …   Universalium

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Spathia —   L. spatha, sheathing base and false petiole of a palm leaf. Racemes protected by inflated sheathing leaf base …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• spathiflora —   , spathiflorum, spathiflorus   L. spatha, sheathing base and false petiole of a palm leaf; flos, flower. Racemes enclosed in sheathing leaf bases …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• Prasophyllum — Taxobox name = Leek Orchids image width = 200px image caption = Prasophyllum elatum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Orchidoideae tribus = Diureae subtribus =… …   Wikipedia

• endophyllous — / filˈəs/ adjective (Gr phyllon a leaf; botany) 1. Being or formed within a sheathing leaf 2. Living inside a leaf • • • Main Entry: ↑endo …   Useful english dictionary

• Cheirolepidiaceae — Temporal range: Mesozoic …   Wikipedia

• Elymus californicus — Taxobox name = Elymus californicus image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. californicus binomial = Elymus californicus binomial… …   Wikipedia

• Casiostega —   Gk cases, horse’s trappings; stegos, roof. The inflorescence is partly protected by a sheathing leaf, which enfolds it as does livery a horse …   Etymological dictionary of grasses