Scientists find a molecular clue to the complex mystery of auxin signaling in plants
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 14:31
in Biology & Nature
Wikipedia lists 65 adjectives that botanists use to describe the shapes of plant leaves. In English (rather than Latin) they mean the leaf is lance-shaped, spear-shaped, kidney-shaped, diamond shaped, arrow-head-shaped, egg-shaped, circular, spoon-shaped , heart-shaped, tear-drop-shaped or sickle-shaped—among other possibilities.