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podetium
an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
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peristome
(botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
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haustorium
a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
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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
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callus
(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
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blister
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
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nodule, tubercle
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
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spur
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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aculeus
a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
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acumen
a tapering point
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fuzz, hair, tomentum
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
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leaf node, node
(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
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burl
a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
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seta
stalk of a moss capsule
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pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker, thorn
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
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stinging hair
a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
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beard
a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
