Plant Characteristics

A list of specialist words which might be used in field guides ... more.

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Wavy :	With smooth, shallow curves in the sense of the leaf edge, viewed from on top in plan view. (Sometimes called repand by others). If
Parent Term:	Serrated
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White latex (in slash) :	-
Parent Term:	Slash_exudate
Synonyms:	Latex(white in slash)
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Whorl :	-
Parent Term:	Leaf_arrangement

Whorl , whorled :	-
Parent Term:	Leaf_arrangement

Whorled :	An arrangement with more than two organs of the same kind at the same point of an axis; leaves, branches etc more than two per node.
Parent Term:	Leaf_arrangement
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Wing :	Thin layer, shelf or sheet along side (of petiole, fruit, etc.); in zygomorphic flowers, one of the lateral (side) petals .
Parent Term:	Stem
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Winged :	-
Parent Term:	Stem

Wood :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative

Woody :	Hard and lignified.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Woody stem :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative
Plural:	Woody Stems
Child Terms:	Bark Knobs Phloem Xylem
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Woody Stems :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative

Woody stems (regardless of habit) :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative