Plants

adventitious

Refers to the appearance of buds or roots from tissue which is not bud or root tissue. Adventitious roots appear from stem or leaf tissue, and adventitious buds appear in root tissue.

bulb

A plant structure with enlarged leaf bases and stored food surrounding a central bit of fleshy stem tissue.

corm

A short, solid, enlarged underground stem used for food storage and for asexual reproduction.

mitospore

A spore that develops by mitosis.

propagation

The act of propagating or establishing and growing new plants.

rhizome

A horizontal stem at or just beneath the surface of the ground which can give rise to aerial stems, roots, or to more rhizome tissue. Rhizomes are a principal means of asexual reproduction in many plants.

stolon

A stem which grows out from a plant periodically producing new stems and leaves on one side, and roots on the other. It is a means of asexual reproduction.

tuber

A fleshy, enlarged stem of a rhizome or stolon. It has buds and can grow new plants.

vascular plant

Plant which has true conductive tissues within it. It usually has true roots, stems, and leaves.