Tendrils
Special terms
Trailing shoots. A clinging organ of the plant. There are tendrils that develop on shoots and leaves, for example, in passionflower plants.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Trellis
Special terms
A wooden structure for climbing plants.
Tuber
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A thickened fleshy underground shoot, usually with shortened internodes, or a thickened root. The latter is more often called a root tuber.
Tuberous bulb
Special terms
A thickened, modified underground shoot.
Tubular flowers
Special terms
Flowers of plants that have a regular five-lobed corolla. They are most often located in the central part of the inflorescence and are often surrounded by ray flowers.