Plant Forms

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Pericycle

plant tissue between the endodermis and phloem

Adventitious root

root that arises from any point other than the radicle or the root axis

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intermode

possesses the ability to elongate, either from its base or from its extremity depending on the species

phyllotaxy

arrangement of leaves on an axis or stem

node

part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

axil

upper angle from a leaf stock or branch and the stem or trunk from which it is growing

Microphyll

type of plant with one single, unbranched leaf vein

megaphylls

a leaf with several or many large veinsbranching apart or running parallel and connected by a network of smaller veins

mucigel

slimy substance that covers the root cap of the roots of plants. Formed in the golgi bodies

root cap

type of tissue at the tip of a plant root