Glossary
- Annulus
- Blade
- Diploid
- Elongate
- Gametophyte
- Indusium
- Megaphyll
- A type of plant leaf that has multiple veins, the other type being a microphyll which only has a single vein.
- Megaphyllous
- Having megaphylls or reduced structures derived from megaphylls.
- Microphyll
- Perennial
- Phloem
- Sorus
- Sporangium
- Spore
- Spore
- Sporophyte
- The asexual spore-producing diploid stage in the life cycle of plants and most algae. The alternate life cycle stage is the gametophyte
- Stalk
- Stipe
- Stomium
- Vascular bundle
- Vascular tissue
- A cellular assembly for transporting water and nutrients, the major components of which are xylem and phloem.
- Vein
- Xylem
- A type of plant tissue that transports water and soluble mineral nutrients.