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Accumbent
adjective · 78% connection
Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Ad-
unknown · 78% connection
As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Advance
adjective · 78% connection
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Antipetalous
adjective · 78% connection
Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Blade
noun · 78% connection
Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spir…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Calycine
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Carinated
adjective · 78% connection
Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Concrete
adjective · 78% connection
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Cotyledon
noun · 78% connection
A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Denticulated
adjective · 78% connection
Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Elison
noun · 78% connection
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
File
noun · 78% connection
A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Grain
noun · 78% connection
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Greenhood
noun · 78% connection
any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
Helmet
noun · 78% connection
The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
In-
preposition · 78% connection
A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrud…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, sepal, calyx, leaf.
