The Kew Plant Glossary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms - Second Edition

by Henk Beentje

If asked to describe a plant, many of us would have to resort to basic descriptors such as vague shapes or simple colors. But for those who work and write in the plant world, there are thousands of terms available for crafting the perfect characterization. A pear's shape can be called pyriform, while lemon's form is prolate. A petal might range from caesious (pale blue-grey or -green) to ceraceous (pale cream) to cinerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842466046
• ISBN13: 9781842466049
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"