Botany Terms

Name Structure/ Category Description
Disk floret one of the tubular flowers in the disk of a composite plant
Dissected deeply divided into many narrow segments (h)
Dissepiment a separating tissue PARTITION SEPTUM
Distichous [Leaves] {habit} With leaves arranged along the stem in two rows, the rows
Distinct separate, not attached to like parts (h)
Dotted [Leaf lower surface, Leaf upper surface] {color variegation} The color disposed in very small round spots.
Doubly serrate [Leaf margins, Leaflet margins] {form} Margin with teeth of two sizes (small teeth on the big teeth), the teeth bent toward the apex; doubly sawtoothed.
Drupe [Fruits] {type} A fleshy fruit that does not split open at maturity (indehiscent), with a soft outer wall and one or more hard inner stone(s) each usually containing a single seed, as cherries and plums (Prunus).
Drupelet one of the individual parts of an aggregate fruit (as the raspberry)
Duration The length of time that a plant or any of its component parts exists. opposite one other; two-ranked