Enation

Noun1.enation - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
2.enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
peristome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
haustorium - a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
apophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
callus - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
nodule, tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
spur - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
aculeus - a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
acumen - a tapering point
fuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
burl - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree

 

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