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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

natural object go
an object occurring naturally

plant part, plant structure go
any part of a plant or fungus

plant organ
a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

noun.plant

20 Subcategories

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