words i learned this morning while researching the edibility of onion grass

[mkbnett]

Tepal - sepals or petals that are indistinguishable

terete - Cylindrical but usually slightly tapering at both ends, circular in cross section, and smooth-surfaced

locular: Having, formed of, or divided into small cavities or compartments.

Subglobose: represent the shape of a plant organ (especially found in pollen granules, fruit, stems, flowers  or seeds) that is somewhat globose, but not having the perfect shape of a sphere or ball.



Left: Shapes based on the sphere and ellipsoids, distinguished by the ratio of a:b.

1. 1. Globose or spherical
2. 2. Subglobose or prolate spheroidal
3. 3. Broadly ellipsoidal (sub-prolate) to ellipsoidal (prolate)
4. 4. Oval (per-prolate)
5. 5. Fusiform
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    a subglobose flower