Form — may mean: *Form, the shape, appearance, or configuration, of an object *Form (furniture), a long seat or bench without a back *Form (education), a class, set or group of students *Form, a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a… … Wikipedia
Form (zoology) — This article is not about formal zoological nomenclature; it describes terms that are sometimes used but have no standing under the ICZN. Forma (literally Latin for form) is a low level taxonomic rank. It is used in a series of terms and… … Wikipedia
botany — /bot n ee/, n., pl. botanies. 1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life. 2. the plant life of a region: the botany of Alaska. 3. the biology of a plant or plant group: the botany of deciduous trees. 4. (sometimes… … Universalium
Botany — Botanist redirects here. A botanist is a person engaged in botany. Plant biology redirects here. For the journal, see Functional Plant Biology. For other uses, see Botany (disambiguation) and Botanic (disambiguation). Pinguicula grandiflora… … Wikipedia
form — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) External shape Nouns 1. form, formation, forming, figure, shape; make[up], conformation, configuration; make, frame[work], construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one s jib; stamp, type, cast, mold;… … English dictionary for students
-form — comb. form (usu. as iform) forming adjectives meaning: 1 having the form of (cruciform; cuneiform). 2 having such a number of (uniform; multiform). Etymology: from or after F forme f. L formis f. forma FORM * * * (usu. as iform) comb. form 1) … Useful english dictionary
Botany Bay tea — Tea Tea (t[=e]), n. [Chin. tsh[=a], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[ e].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea Chinensis} or {Camellia Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Form taxon (botany) — It is often not possible to associate the wood, leaf, flower, fruit and pollen of a fossil plant with each other, as fossil plants are usually found as disarticulated parts, and the individual parts are often insuffucient for identification,… … Wikipedia
Variety (botany) — In botanical nomenclature or biological nomenclature, variety is a low level taxonomic rank below that of species and signifies members of different populations can interbreed easily, but not usually such that all traits (appearance attributes)… … Wikipedia
Rosette (botany) — In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves, with all the leaves at a single height.Though rosettes usually sit near the soil, their structure is an example of a modified stem.FunctionOften, rosettes form in perennial plants whose… … Wikipedia
