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• stub go
  a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
  
• button go
  any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
  
• thallus go
  a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system
  
• cap, pileus go
  a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
  
• calyptra go
  the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy
  
• volva go
  cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi
  
• domatium go
  a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi
  
• pycnidium go
  flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia
  
• stipule go
  a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk
  
• tepal go
  an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
  
• gynostegium go
  the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
  
• chalaza go
  basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle
  
• nucellus go
  central part of a plant ovule
  
• germ tube go
  (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
  
• pollen tube go
  (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower
  
• mentum go
  a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids
  
• corona go
  (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
  
• lip go
  (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
  
• mycelium go
  the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
  
• plant organ go
  a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
  
• aril go
  fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
  
• duct go
  a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
  
• veil, velum go
  a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
  
• skirt, annulus go
  (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
  
• plant tissue go
  the tissue of a plant
  
• tendril go
  slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
  
• stump, tree stump go
  the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
  
• prophyll go
  a plant structure resembling a leaf
  
• stock go
  a plant or stem onto which a graft is made
  
• receptacle go
  enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
  
• kernel, meat go
  the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
  
• lobe go
  (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided
  
• ligule go
  (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap