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Wart  [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonym: Verruca (Plural verrucae)
Adjective:
Warty
     
  A wart or verruca is a surface wart-like element,  that usually is broader than it is high and is not constricted at the base.  

     
Warty [ Botany]
Synonym: Verrucose (or verrucous) 
     
  A surface feature that can be found on many organs of a plant. Covered with warts or similar outgrowths or protuberances; verrucous;  
     
Warty is about the same as tuberculate. (Verrucose = tuberculate = warty)

On the left:  Warty (verrucose) leaves of Titanopsis calcarea [click to enlarge]
 

 

 


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