Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Plants > Plant Components > Plant Components, Aerial > Plant Leaves Terms and Definitions
Plant Leaves
Medical Definition: | Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed) |
Guide Notes: | part of a plant shoot; IM GEN or unspecified; coord probably IM in genetics & space physiol, NIM in pharmacognosy, with specific plant (IM or NIM) |
Previously Indexed: | Plants (1966-1994) |
Pulvinus - A group of cells at the base of a leaf in certain plants that, by rapidly losing water, brings about changes in the position of the leaves. (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) |
Plant Leaves Medical Definitions and Terms
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