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Leaf Terms
Envrionmental Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| leaves that are staggered or not placed directly across from each other on a twig. | Alternate |
| with leaflets arranged on side branches off a main axis | Bipinnate |
| the flat & foliage like part of a leaf | Blade |
| with leaflets arranged on side branches off a main axis, 2nd def. | Bract |
| leaf with more than one blade. | compound leaf |
| plant of groups of pplants produced by asexual or vegetative production | cone |
| cone bearing the tree of the pine family usually | conifer |
| tree that is decidious, normally completely sheds leaves as needed | deciduous |
| a leaf margin or edge with a smooth, untoothed edge | entire |
| a tree thats usually a gymnosperm | evergreen |
| the ripened ovary of ovaries of a seed bearing plant | fruit |
| most often gree, flattened structure attatched to the stem of fucntioning a principal organ of photosynthesis | leaf |
| one of the leaf like subdivisions of a compound leaf | leaflet |
| projects the shape of a leaf | lobe |
| border of edge of leave | margin |
| midrib | the primary rib or central vein of a leaf |
| short to long narrow leaf of pines, firs, spruces and related conifers. | needle |
| leaves that are placed directly from other on the twig | opposite |
| leaf blades on one leaf stem arranged like fingers on the palm of the hand | palmate |
| a small stalk attatching the leaf blade to the stem | petiole |
| leaf blades on one leaf stem arranged like the veins of a feahter | pinnate |
| with sharp teeth pointing forward | serrate |
| a single leaf blade with a bud at the base of the leaf stem | simple leaf |
| notched on the outer edge of a leaf | toothed |
| one of the riblike vessels in the blade of the leave , usually radiating out of the midrip | vein |
| arranged along a twig or shoot in groups of 3 or more. | whorled |