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Falcate   Sickle-shaped; slenderly curved and tapering to a usually sharp tip. Falls   Outer whorl or series of perianth parts of an iridaceous flower, often broader than those of the inner series and, in some Iris, drooping or flexuous. Family   In the Linnaean classification scheme, a category between order and genus that is a group of closely related genera or (rarely) a single genus; an onion is scientifically considered in the genus Allium, of the family Liliaceae, in the order Liliales Farinose   Resembling farina; typically used to describe the white-mealy, strongly modified hairs in the genus Chenopodium. Fascicle   A cluster or bundle. Fasciculate   With fascicles. Fastigiate   Usually in reference to branches which are stiffly erect; neither divaricate nor divergent. Fen   A general term used in reference to habitats which are calcareous in nature and which are fed throughout the year by a flow of water at or just beneath the surface. Ferruginous   Rust-colored. Fertile   Capable of reproducing sexually. Fetid   Having a disagreeable odor. Fibrillose   Beset or provided with numerous fine fibers. Fibrous   Referring usually to a much branched root system with progressively smaller branches. Fiddlehead   Referring to the unusual circinate unrolling of fronds, in many ferns. Filament   Anther-bearing stalk of the stamen. Filiform   Very slender, thread-shaped; usually terete in cross section. Fimbriate   Fringed. Fimbriolate   With tiny fringes. Fistulose   Hollow, often pertaining to stems with hollow centers. Flabelliform   Fan-like. Back to top Flaccid   Very limber, without apparent support. Flange   A bit of projecting tissue. Flexuous   Flexible; easily bent this way and that. Floccose   Copiously beset with tangled woolly hairs. Florescence   The blossoming of a plant; the flowering season. Floret   A single small flower, usually a member of a cluster, such as a head; used particularly in grasses (Poaceae family) and composites (Asteraceae family). Floriferous   Bearing flowers. Fluted   With a parallel series of grooves. Foliaceous   Leafy; leaf-like. Foliate   With leaves. Foliolate   Having leaflets; often used with a prefix, such as trifoliolate. Follicle   A dry fruit consisting of a single carpel and dehiscing along only one suture. Form   Suffix meaning like or resembling. Forma   A infraspecific taxonomic entity, usually involving single-gene traits such as flower or fruit color. Friable   Easily crumbled; fragile. Frond   The foliaceous blade of a fern leaf. Fruit   That structure which bears the seeds. Fruticose   Shrubby or shrub-like and also woody. Fugacious   Falling away early. Fulvous   Tawny. Back to top Funicle   A small stalk by which the seed is attached to the placenta. Funnelform   Shaped approximately like a funnel; sometimes called infundibuliform. Furcate   Forked. Fuscous   Grayish-brown. Fusiform   Spindle-shaped; swollen in the middle and gradually narrowed toward each end. Back to top