Glossary beginning with B

Glossary of botanical terms related to the Lecythidaceae.
Click one of the letters above to go to the page of all terms beginning with that letter.

B

Bark fissured

A bark with distinct longitudinal grooves.

Bark rough

A bark without major fissures and scallops yet with very shallow irregular lines and cracks and shedding small pieces of bark.

Bark scalloped

A bark that peels in irregular plates that leave conspicuous depressions when they fall.

Bark smooth

In Lecythidaceae, a bark without fissures, scallops, or roughness.

Bract

A reduced and frequently otherwise differentiated leaf that is often associated with inflorescences and subtends the pedicels of flowers.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith