| adnate | flower parts of different types fused together |
| alternate | arranged singly along an axis, one leaf per node |
| annual | completing life cycle in one year or growing season |
| anther | pollen producing part of stamen |
| basal | found at or near the base of a plant or plant part |
| berry | fruit where all the pericarp is fleshy |
| bilateral | divisible into mirror image halves in only 1 way |
| blade | widened portion of petal or leaf |
| bristle | relatively large, generally stiff, more or less straight hair |
| calyx | entire whirl of sepals, together |
| capsule | dry, generally many seeded fruit from compound pistil, nearly always dehiscent |
| cauline | borne on a stem; not basal |
| claw | narrowed basal portion of petal |
| connate | flower parts of the same type fused together basal portion of petal |
| corolla | entire whorl of petals, together |
| cyme | branched inflorescence in which the central or uppermost flowers open before the central or lower flowers |
| dehiscent | splitting open at maturity to release contents |
| drupe | fruit with stony endocarp, rest of pericarp is fleshy |
| endocarp | innermost layer of the pericarp |
| entire | having margins that are continuous and smooth |
| epipetalous | stamens that are partly fused to the petals, appearing to arise from them |
| filament | stamen stalk |
| follicle | dehiscent fruit with 1-carpellate pistil, opens along 1 suture line |
| fruit | a ripened ovary |
| opposite | located directly across from |
| ovary | ovule-containing structure where seeds develop |
| perianth | calyx plus corolla, together |
| petals | inner leaf-like structures of a flower, often coloured |
| pedicel | flower stalk |
| pepo | hard-rind berry; gourd or melon-like fruit |
| pericarp | ovary wall |
| pome | accessary fruit from an inferior ovary with a papery endocap and fleshy mesocarp |
| radial | divisible into mirror image halves in 3 or more ways |
| receptacle | portion of pedicel supporting flower parts |
| pistil | female, ovule-producing structure of a flower |
| sepal | outer leaf-like structure of a flower |
| simple | composed of a single part; undivided; unbranched |
| stamen | male, pollen-producing structure in a flower |
| stigma | top of pistil, pollen receiving |
| style | stalk extending from ovary to stigma |