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native -a species whose natural range included Florida at the time of European contact
(1500 AD).
naturalize - vt. (Fr. naturel, natural) to adapt to an environment not native; of foreign origin, but established and reproducing outside cultivation as though native. naturalized exotic -an exotic that sustains itself outside of cultivation (it has not "become" native). nectar - n. (L. nectar, nectar; Gr. nektar, the drink of the gods, from base of necros, dead, dead body, and tar-, who overcomes; hence, death overcoming; so named because the drink was held to confer immortality) the sweetish liquid in many flowers used by bees for the making of honey. nectary - n. (Gr. nektar, nectar) a part of a flower that secretes nectar. pl. nectaries neomorphosis - n. (Gr. neos, new; morphosis, change) regeneration in cases where the new part is unlike anything in the body. neoteny - n. (Gr. neos, young; teinein, to extend, stretch) the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult individual. neutral flower - said of a sterile flower composed of a perianth without any sexual organs. node - n. (L. nodus, knob) a knob or joint of a stem from which leaves, roots, shoots, or flowers may arise. A node will contain one or more buds. nodose - a., nodular, knotty. nomenclature - n. (L. nomen, name; calare, to call) the making and giving distinguishing names to all groups of plants. nutlet - a small nut. nut - n. (ME. nute, note, fr. OE hnute; akin to OHG nuz, hnuz, nut) a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed having a more or less distinct separatable rind or shell and interior kernel or meat; a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a woody pericarp developing from an inferior syncarpous ovary.
oblanceolate - a. (L. ob, reversely; lancea, spear) shaped like a lance point reversed, that is, having the tapering point next to the leafstalk. oblique - a. (L. obliquus, slanting) slanting; unequal-sided. oblong - a. (L. oblongus, rather long) elliptical and from two to four times as long as broad. obovate - a. (L. ob, against; ovum, egg) inversely ovate; having the shape of the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broad end at the top, as some leaves. obovoid - a. (L. ob, against; ovum, egg; Gr. eidos, shape) inversely ovoid; roughly egg-shaped, with narrow end downwards; said of some fruits. obsolete - a. (L. obsolescere, to go out of use) rudimentary or not evident; applied to a structure that is almost suppressed; vestigial. obtuse - a. (L. obtusus, blunt) with blunt or rounded end. ocean - n. (ME. ocean; L. oceanus, fr. Gr. okeanos, the ocean) the great body of salt water that covers mores than two thirds of the surface of the earth; any of its five principal geographical divisions, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antartic. ocrea - n. (L. acrea, greave or legging) - a tubelike covering around some stems, especially of plants of the Polygonaceae. odd-pinnate - said of compound leaves having an odd number of leaflets, this is usually easily determined because there is a single terminal leaflet. opposite - a. (L. opponere, to oppose) said of leaves or bracts occurring two at a node on opposite sides of the stem. Said of flower parts when one part occurs in front of another. orbicular - a. (L. orbis, circle) round or shield-shaped with petiole attached to center. ovary - n. (L. ovum, an egg) the enlarged hollow part of a pistil in angiosperms in which ovules are formed. ovate - a. (L. ovum, an egg) having the shape of a longitudinal section of an egg; egg-shaped and attached by the broader end. oviparous - a. (L. ovum, an egg; parere, to produce) egg-laying; producing eggs which hatch after leaving the body of the female; germinating while still attached to the parent plant; for example, mangrove. ovoid - a. (L. ovum, an egg) egg-shaped. ovule - n. (L. ovum, an egg) a structure in seed plants which contains the megasporangium (nucellus), megaspore (embryo sac), a food store, and a coat, and develops into a seed after fertilization. |