Glossary
T

Tapered

Taproot

Taxonomic

Terminal

Terrestrial

Thalloid

Thorax

Torpor

Tragus

Translucent

Tubercles

Turriform

Gradually becoming narrower at base or tip.

The main root of some plants, usually more stout than the lateral roots.

Classification of plants and animals to their presumed natural relationships.

Growing or appearing at the tip of structure.

Living or growing on the land.

Thalloid liverworts have a gametophyte as the dominant sexual generation, possess no leaves.

The middle of three parts of an insect body, bearing legs and wings.

State of mental and motor activity with partial or total loss of sensation or motion.

Cartilaginous structure inside the ears of some species of bats that arises from the base of the ear and projects upward.

Almost, but not quite see-through.

Wart-like projections.

Shaped like a tower.