plant process

Other forms: plant processes

Definitions of plant process

1. noun

   a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
   synonyms: enation

   types:

   podetium

   an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne

   peristome

   (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule

   haustorium

   a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host

   apophysis

   (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

   callus

   (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

   blister

   (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

   nodule, tubercle

   small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

   spur

   tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

   aculeus

   a stiff sharp-pointed plant process

   acumen

   a tapering point

   fuzz, hair, tomentum

   filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

   leaf node, node

   (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

   burl

   a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree

   seta

   stalk of a moss capsule

   pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker, thorn

   a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

   stinging hair

   a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid

   beard

   a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

   type of:

   appendage, outgrowth, process

   a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant