Botanical Words Alphabetical List - DO

DODECAMEROUS: Having the whorls of the flower (petals, sepals, etc.) in twelves. Also written 12- merous.

DOLABRIFORM: Having the form of an axhead.

DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE: A fertilizer that contains magnesium.

DORMANCY: The state of a plant when growth has ceased for the year and other activities in whole plants have slowed down, usually during winter.

DORMANT SPRAY: Any type of pesticide applied to dormant, usually leafless, plants to control a number of insects and disease.

DORSAL: Pertaining to or attached to the back of a plant or plant part; facing away from or situated outside the axis of a plant.

DORSIFIXED: Attached at the back of a plant or plant part, such as the anthers of lilies.

DORSIVENTRAL: Flattened and having a definite front and back surface, such as a blade of grass.

DOUBLE: This is used to describe flowers which have more than one row of petals; this may be because the stamens and sometimes the pistils are transformed into petals or sometimes the petals split to form several more. Semi-double flowers are those which have only partially changed. Completely double flowers have lost their reproductive organs and are therefore unable to produce seeds. These flowers usually stay fresh longer than single flowers when cut. Double flowers are seen in the wild once in a while, but are mostly developed varieties.

DOUBLY SERRATE: Alternating large and small teeth.

DOWNY: Covered with soft hairs or down.

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