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| Botanical name |
English name |
Description |
| W |
| Thyrse |
Wand |
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This Refers To the Flower type |
A mixed inflorescence consisting of a dense, panicle-like flower cluster, in which the lateral branches terminate in cymes. A lilac is a good example. |
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| Verticillaster |
Whorl |
|
This Refers To the Flower type |
A much reduced cymose inflorescence resembling a whorl but actually arising in the axils of opposite bracts, as in most mints. |
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| Perianth |
Whorl of leaves |
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This Refers To the Parts of a flower |
The outer ring of floral leaves of a flower, when not clearly divided into calyx and corolla; collectively the calyx and the corolla. |
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