G

Question 1

Galea (galeate)

Answer 1

a petal shaped like a helmet.

Question 2

Gamopetalous; gamosepalous

Answer 2

petals (sepals) more or less united

Question 3

Geniculate

Answer 3

bent like a knee

Question 4

Gibbous

Answer 4

swollen on one side or at the base

Question 5

Glabrescent

Answer 5

becoming glabrous

Question 6

Glabrous

Answer 6

without hairs (as of leaves and stems).

Question 7

Gland

Answer 7

a structure embedded in or projecting from the tissues of a plant. which secretes oil. nectar or other liquid. When stalked it forms a glandular hair

Question 8

Glandular Hair

see gland

Answer 8

an epidermal hair. the end of which is usually enlarged and contains a special secretion

Question 9

Glandular-pubescent

Answer 9

having a covering of glandular-hairs

Question 10

Glaucous

Answer 10

of a pale bluish-tint as of leaves with a “bloom” or whitish substance that rubs off.

Question 11

Globose

Answer 11

almost spherical

Question 12

Glochidiate

Answer 12

pubescent with barbed bristles

Question 13

Glume

Answer 13

a dry. scaly bract, in particular at the base of a grass spikelet

Question 14

Glumaceous

Answer 14

resembling the glumes of grasses. as the perianth-segments of juncus

Question 15

Glutinous

Answer 15

sticky

Question 16

Gynoecium

Answer 16

a collective term for the female parts of a flower. i.e. the pistil or pistils of a flower.

Question 17

Gynobasic style

Answer 17

a style which extends to the base of a gynoecium between the carpels as in Prostanthera (Lamiaceae).

Question 18

Gynostegium

Answer 18

a stamina! crown covering a gynoecium as in Asclepius curassavica (Asclepiadaceae)

Question 19

Gynophore

Answer 19

the stalk of a stalked ovary