Botanical Words Alphabetical List - PS

PSEUDOBULB: A fleshy enlargement resembling a bulb at the base of the stem, as in many epiphytic orchids. The variously thickened portions of an Orchid stem.

PSEUDOCARP: A fruit, such as an apple or strawberry, which consists largely of tissue other than the ripened ovary.

PSEUDOCEHALIUM:A growth of long, hair-like spines on one side of the upper stem of a columnar cactus, such as Cephalium.

PSEUDOSPERMIUM: Any one-seeded fruit that is whole at maturity, as in the sunflower.

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