Plant Organ

Noun1.plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
septum - a partition or wall especially in an ovary
honey gland, nectary - a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
archegonium - a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
calyx tube, floral cup, hypanthium - the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
cup - cup-shaped plant organ
hypobasidium - special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales
galea - an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum
lamella, gill - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
fruiting body - an organ specialized for producing spores
root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
root cap - thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root
root hair - thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
stolon, offset, runner - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
capitulum, head - a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
foliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

 

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