Australian Biological Resources Study
Fern definitions mostly compiled by Mary D.Tindale
(definitions of conifer terms provided by K.D.Hill)
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gametophyte: a plant or generation that bears gametes during the sexual life cycle.
gemmiferous: bearing asexual buds or bulbils.
glabrescent: becoming glabrous.
glabrous: without hairs or scales.
gland: a structure with a secretory function, embedded or projecting from the surface of the plant.
glandular: having glands or functioning as a gland.
glaucous: dull green with a bluish white or white lustre.
globose: almost spherical.
gymnosperm: a seed plant with the ovules borne on the surface of a sporophyll.