Broader below rather than below the middle. The shape of an inverted egg. Related Images:
Archives
Leaf scar
A visible, thickened crescent or line on a stem where a leaf was attached. Related Images:
Glabrous
Leaf textures that are hairless, but not necessarily smooth. Related Images:
Elliptical
Plumeria leaves having the form of an ellipse. Related Images:
Chlorophyll
The green pigment in plants responsible for trapping light energy for photosynthesis. Related Images:
Cambium
A layer of meristematic tissue that produces new phloem on the outside, new xylem on the inside, and is the origin of all secondary growth in plants. The cambium layer forms the annual ring in wood. Related Images:
Axil
The upper angle formed by a leaf stalk (petiole) and the internodes above it on a stem. Related Images:
Axillary bud
A bud occurring in the axil of a leaf. Related Images: