A small dry indehiscent fruit, strictly of one free carpel.
Acicle
A very slender prickle or stoutish bristle.
Actinomorphic
When a flower can be vertically split through the center in any
one of several planes to produce identical parts in every case, and
possesses Radial Symmetry.
Naturally occurring basic organic group of compounds
containing at least one nitrogen atom in a ring structure in the
molecule. Usually plant origin, physiologically active, insoluble in
water, and often found in salts of organic acids.
An organism comprising cells that have a distinct nucleus
enveloped by a double membrane, and other features including
double-membraned mitochondria and 80S ribosomes in the fluid of the
cytoplasm. ( Oxford Dictionary of Zoology 2003).
A plant. Name derived from Greek; either after Euonyme,
mother of the Furies; from euonymos, (of good fame or lucky);
or combined form of eu (good) and onoma (a name)
meaning 'of good repute'. Has 6 well known species or varieties and several cultivars.
Water-borne microscopic and near-microscopic animals that thrive
in freshwater ponds and some stagnant water sources. These animals are
often preyed upon by other small animals such as fish fry or tadpoles.
The lower petal or petals when shaped like the keel of a boat.
Keeled
The lower petal or petals when shaped like the keel on a boat.
Kingdom
Taxonomic term to categorize the highest level of grouping for
living organisms (not counting the Dominions). The members of any one
Kingdom share certain fundamental characteristics. There are five basic
kingdoms: animals, plants, fungi, single-celled bacteria and algae, and
the larger algae and protozoans.
This organ appears in fish of the Anabantoidai suborder. It is an
organ that allows the fish to take in oxygen from the air, which they
can take in addition to the oxygen derived from water via the gills. It
is described as being a much-folded suprabranchial accessory. The first
gill arch epibranchial bone is expanded by vacularization after
hatching, gradually developing as the fish ages to maturity. The organ
enables the oxygen to become absorbed by the bloodstream.
A single-celled organism in which the cell lacks a true nucleus
and the DNA is present as a loop in the cytoplasm, rather than in
chromosomes bounded by a nuclear membrane. ( Oxford
Dictionary of Zoology 2003).
Taxonomic reference to living organisms that are of the same genus and species but have
some differentiation that makes them different from the typical. Often
formed through hybridization. Domestic dogs and carrots are good
examples of typical species incorporating varieties.
Taxonomic reference to living organisms that are of the same genus and species but have
some differentiation that makes them different from the typical. Often
formed through hybridization. Domestic dogs and carrots are good
examples of typical species incorporating varieties.
When a flower can be split into two identical halves through one
plane only and possesses Bilateral symmetry.
Zygomorphy
A flower which can only be split into two halves through one
plane often due to differences in size and shape of petals and/or
sepals as in the Pea or snapdragon. such a flower is said to be Irregular.
