Useful Nova Scotia Plants
Glossary
211 total terms
- achene
- acidic soil
- aerial leaves
- alkaline banks
- alluvial soil
- angled stem
- annual herb
- aquatic perennial herb
- arching canes
- armature
- astringent
- awns
- axis
- barbed
- barren
- basal
- basal leaves
- basal lobes
- basal rosette
- beach cobble
- biennial
- biennial herb
- bog pools
- bogs
- borne
- bottom lands
- brackish marshes
- bracts
- bristle
- burr
- calcareous
- capsule
- catkin
- chevron
- claw
- clearcuts
- cleft
- coastal barrens
- coiling pods
- colonial herb
- colonial plant
- compact
- compacted areas
- compound leaves
- cone
- conifers
- coppicing
- corky striations
- corm
- corolla
- corymb
- creeping
- crenulate
- crown
- cultivars
- cultivated
- cure
- cyme
- deciduous
- deep leaf mould
- deltate
- diffuse panicle
- dooryard
- dwarf
- dwarf shrub
- dykeland
- ellipsoid
- emergent leaves
- emergent plants
- erect
- evergreen tree
- fallow fields
- field
- fleshy stem
- floret
- formic acid
- freshwater marsh
- frond
- genus
- gland
- glandular hairy
- glaucous
- grain
- granitic
- ground-cover
- habit
- halberd-shaped
- headland
- hedgerow
- herb
- humus
- husk
- hybridization
- hypodermic
- inflorescence
- inhidescent
- interrupted spike
- intervales
- involucre
- involute
- lakeshore
- lanceolate
- lateral
- latex
- leaflets
- leathery
- lenticel
- ligule
- lobe
- margins
- meadow
- mealy
- midrib
- mixed forests
- musky
- naturalized
- nectar guides
- nodding
- node
- nutlet
- open canopy
- orbicular
- ornamentals
- ovate
- oxalic acid
- oxbows
- palmately
- panicles
- pasture
- peatland
- pectin
- pedicels
- peduncles
- pemmican
- pendulous
- perennials
- petiole
- pinnate
- pistillate
- plated
- pollarding
- pome
- potherb
- primocanes
- prostrate
- pubescent
- racemes
- receptacle
- reclining
- resinous flavour
- revolute
- rhizomatous
- rhizome
- riparian site
- rootstocks
- salicylic
- saline habitats
- saltmarshes
- salve
- samaras
- scalloped
- scape
- seed-head
- sepals
- serrate
- sheath
- shoot
- shrubs
- silique
- silty
- sinkholes
- sinus
- sphagnous bogs
- sphagum thickets
- spherical
- spile
- spore-bearing
- square stem
- stamen
- staminate
- stillwater
- stipulate
- stolon
- straplike leaves
- streamside
- sub-shrub
- submersed leaves
- succulent
- suckers
- swamp
- tannin
- tawny
- tendrils
- terminal
- ternately
- thicket
- thorn
- tidal areas
- tomentum
- umbel
- understory
- unisexual
- vascular
- wasteground
- waterfowl impoundments
- waxy
- whorled
- wilded
- winged
- wooded banks
- woody
Term
astringent
Definition
A substance that causes the contraction of body tissues, typically used to protect the skin and to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions.