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- Margins
- The edges (e.g. the leaf edge or margins).
- Mat-forming
- A low growth form appearing like a pad.
- Membranous
- Thin, soft, pliable.
- Meristem
- Undifferentiated cell capable of developing into a number of organs and/or tissues; a growing point.
- Mesic
- Characterized by having a medium moisture supply e.g., a type of habitat or soil.
- Midrib
- Central vein of a leaf or leaflet.
- Midvein
- The central vein or vascular bundle of a leaf, lemma, glume, or similar structure.
- Minute
- Very small.
- Monocotyledons
- Having one cotyledon or seed leaf.
- Monoecious
- Having staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant but each sex on different flowers.
- Motte
- Small grove or clump of trees.
- Mucro
- A minute awn or excurrent midvein of an organ (e.g., on a lemma).
- Mucronate
- Tipped with a short tip or point like an awn. Usually the short extension of a vein beyond the leafy tissue.
- Muticous
- Blunt, or without a definite point.