Acuminate: tapering to a pointend apex. Acute; tapering to the apex with the sides straight or nearly so: usually less tapering than acuminate Androgynophore: an internode of the floral axis between the corolla and stamens and the pistil. Anther-lobe: pollen containing sac of the stamen. Apetalous: without a short, but not rigid point. Apex; the growing point of any stucture Apiculate: ending as an abrupt slender tip which is not stiff Appendages: an attached secondary part to a main stucture. Aristate: with an awn or stiff bristle. usually at the apex Aril: an appendage arising from the hilum and covering the seed. Attenuate:narrowed,tapered (usually at base) Awn: a bristle-like terminal appendage, as in wheat. Axil: the angle formed by the upper side of a leaf and the stem. Axillary: situated in the axil, usually in the axil of stem and leaf. Axis: the main or central line of development
of a plant or organ.
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