Subfloral
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subfloral is an adjective meaning (botany) Beneath a flower.
Meaning
(botany) Beneath a flower.
Example Sentences
The stems in this family often bear subfloral innovations below the gametangia.
DeCandolle (1830) divided the family into two groups based on the presence or absence of a subfloral bract or calyculus.
Gynoecial plants somewhat more robust, bracts to 1050- 1350 mu wide (leaves near gynoecia with disk often 4-5 cells high and 12 cells wide at base); bracts and subfloral leaves grading into each other, maximally variable with vigor;
Word Forms
- sub-floral
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sub-floral, extrafloral, subfasciculate, hypogenous, subgemmal, submesophyllous.
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