💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chorisis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abscissionnoun | The act or process of cutting off. |
| abscission layernoun | (botany) A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the process of abscission, or the natural separation of the leaf from the rest of the plant. |
| sepalodynoun | (botany) The metamorphosis of other leaves or other organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies. |
| dissepimentnoun | (botany, zoology) partition (in an organ); septum |
| chorionnoun | (anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. |
| anisophylly | (botany) The growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two. |
| apolysisnoun | (religion) A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service |
| choriolysisnoun | The breakdown of the chorion of an egg. |
| parastichynoun | (botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets. |
| ptyxisnoun | (botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud. |
| abscission zonenoun | (botany) The area in a plant's leaf, stem, or fruit stalk, where the abscission layer if formed along with weakened sclerenchyma, absent collenchyma, and dense cytoplasm. |
| sementationnoun | (botany) The formation of seeds |
| cleistocarpnoun | (botany) Synonym of cleistothecium. |
| dichophysisnoun | (mycology) A part of the hyphae of certain fungi which branches into two. |
| sepalnoun | (botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure. |
| calyptranoun | (botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens. |
| absciss layernoun | Alternative form of abscission layer [(botany) A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the process of abscission, or the natural separation of the leaf from the rest of the plant.] |
| septumnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers. |
| calycophyllnoun | (botany) A leaf-like structure formed from a sepal or calyx lobe which enlarges, usually many-fold, before or after anthesis, especially when most of the sepals or calyx lobes retain their original size. |
| demicytoplastnoun | (biology) A halved cytoplast (typically of an oocyte) |
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