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ANTHER The part of the stamen that produces pollen. COMPOUND Composed of two (2) or more similar and united parts, as leaf with two or more leaflets. A clover leaf is a compound leaf. It has three (sometimes four) leaflets. COROLLA The petals of a flower DRUPE A fleshy fruit, usually single-seed, with the inner portion of the fruit wall forming a hard "stone" enclosing the seed. FILAMENT The stalk bearing the anther. NUTLET Small nut. PINNAE Leaflet in a once-compound leaf; a primary division of a twice-compound leaf. PUBESCENT Hairy SPIKE A flower stalk that is usually unbranched and simple. STAMEN The male part of a flower, usually consisting of a filament and a pollen-bearing anther. STELLATE Star-shaped, as in plant hairs with radiating branches. TUBER A swollen/thickened portion of an underground stem, as in a potato, or less often of an aerial stem, as in air potato.
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