Botanical Glosarry 'P'

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Palmately: consisting of 3 or > leaflets arising from
    same point. See Fig P13.
Patent: diverging from axis at 90 degrees.
Papillose: small elongated projections.
Pedicels: stalk of one flower.
Pedicellate: having a stalk.
Peduncule: stalk of an nflorescence.
Perennating: surviving winter after flowering.
Peltate: of a flat organ, with stalk inserted under
    surface, not at edge. See. Fig. P14.
Petiole: stalk of leaf.
Perfoliate: of a leaf, the base of which surrounds
    the stem.
Pericarp: fruit: wall surrounding seeds. Pinnate: 3 or >
     leaflets arranged in two rows along stalk. See Fig.011.
Pinnatifid : pinnately cut, not separate portions lobes
    connected by leaf blade. See Fig. P15 Pinnatisect :
    pinnatifid like, but with some lower divisions
    reaching the midrib.
Procumbent: lying loosely along surface of ground.
Protandrous: stamens mature before ovary.
Pruinose: having whitish bloom, as if covered in frost.
Puberulent: slightly hairy
Pubescent: short, stiff hairs.
Pungent: sharply + stiffly pointed, prickly.

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