This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology, Glossary of lichen terms, and List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names.
A
File:Alyssum linifolium leaf2 ST (14931806424).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Arachnoid leaves of unidentified Gazania 2012 07 05 7252s.JPG|alt=refer to caption| File:Gymnocalycium bayrianum GN88 69 spines.JPG|alt=refer to caption| File:2013.11-411-169 Akee,seed&aril(whole,LS) Bobo-Dioulasso,BF thu14nov2013-0953h.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Wild rye.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Rytidosperma longifolium33 floret19 (9412598806).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Searsia angustifolia (Rhus angustifolia) axillary and apical buds 5471.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==B==
B
File:Bougainvilea bracts.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Burrdock Seed heads - geograph.org.uk - 1131389.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:XN buttress root 526.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==C==
C
File:Picea pungens USDA1.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Watsonia flower with adnate stamens and connate petals IMG 1974c.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Corms of Crocosmia, entire, partly peeled, and split.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Passiflora kermesina3.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Koelreuteria paniculata - cotyledons and first true leaves, 2.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Crassula rupestris on cliff face - Cape Town.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Nymphoides crenata leaf1 (16826924328).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Mimetes cucullatus 0147.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Murraya paniculata leaves at Peravoor (cropped).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Cupule of Fagaceae.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Diplacus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray var. cuspidatus A. L. Grant 20000508 01.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Euphorbia Milii flowers.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==D==
D
File:Dissepiment label added to file of Jon Houseman.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Boophone disticha, habitus, Skeerpoort, a.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Acacia drepanolobium-- Whistling Thorn (25396927222).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Dorsiventral (bilateral) leaves of Syzygium gerrardii and Triadica sebifera IMG 1994c.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Epipremnum pinnatum var.jpg|alt=refer to caption|right| ==E==
E
File:Tillandsia recurvata epiphyte IMG 1620.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Epizoochoria NRM.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Boophane disticha in Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Cut of seeds with hypogeal germination.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Aloe marlothii02.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==F==
F
File:Zinnia elegans of Kadavoor.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Medicago sativa plant1 (10603928013).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Seeds of Physochlaina physaloides.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==G==
H
File:Erythrina - seeds (6531865875).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:AbbotV1Tab02A.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Rhizophora mangle.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==I==
I
File:Calotropis gigantea R.Br. - Flickr - lalithamba.jpg|alt=refer to caption|right| File:Starr 070906-8739 Caladium bicolor.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Malacothrixcoulteri.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Iridescent begonia.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==J==
J
File:Bauhinia glabra (11135932776).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Toad-tree (Tabernaemontana elegans) fruit (11822645486).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Eucalyptus camaldulensis has dorsiventral juvenile leaves but isobilateral leaves on mature trees IMG 2014a.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==K==
K
File:Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito - ejemplo de hoja reniforme.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Setaria incrassata node1 NWP - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Cypress knee 6016.JPG|alt=refer to caption| ==L==
L
File:Crepe myrtle 1.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Hedysarum occidentale (28915806450).jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==M==
M
showing
statocytes with statoliths3: Lateral part of the tip4: Dead cells5: Elongation zone File:Acacia nilotica-4-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Germination of Date Palm.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Mucro at the tip of the rachis of a compound leaf of Vachellia karoo IMG 7977.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:P. involutus01.JPG|alt=refer to caption| File:Mycorhizes-02.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==N==
N
File:Nylanderia flavipes extrafloral nectary.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Plant nodes c.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==O==
O
File:Dombeya rotundifolia-leaves.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Vigna parkeri leaf2 (10737009993).jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==P==
P
File:Euphorbia platyphyllos sl18.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Whiteflower8.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Zea Kernal L.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Avicennia sp. DSCN9864 (13).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Epipactis palustris Pollinien auf Fliege 2012-07-05 001.jpg|
Pollinium of an orchid, stuck to a
syrphid fly that visited one flower, and may yet deposit its burden onto another flower of the same species. File:Acacia nigrescens, knoppiesbas, Steenbokpan, a.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Starr-150330-0516-Sagina procumbens-flowering habit-Tarmac Near Fire Station Sand Island-Midway Atoll (25244594686).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Carpobrotus acinaciformis (plants).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Floral stages of Geranium incanum.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Gomphrena celosioides flowerhead3 (14646694313).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Artemisia nova (5061071225).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Punctate under-surface of Plectranthus leaf IMG 9256s.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Skopje Park 2014 (98).JPG|alt=refer to caption| File:Fig.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==Q==
R
File:Rugose leaf from a species of Gasteria IMG 9225.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Nsr-slika-431.png|alt=refer to caption| ==S==
S
File:Starr-060922-9132-Chrysalidocarpus lutescens-trunk and suckers-Kahului Airport-Maui (24772270571).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Scorzonera cana sl16.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Superior ovary in Aloe IMG 2029d.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Starr-130320-3453-Crotalaria incana-fuzzy pods and bluish seeds-Mokolea Pt Kilauea Pt NWR-Kauai (25182906376).jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Ficus sp-1 140304-0229 tdp.JPG|alt=refer to caption| ==T==
T
File:Haworthia lockwoodii - green after rains.jpg|alt=refer to caption| File:Lindis Pass, New Zealand (3).JPG|alt=refer to caption| ==U==
U
File:Nepenthes ventricosa.jpg|alt=refer to caption| ==V==