| Vulcan | English | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| d'lechu | desert succulent | a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs | botony |
| dah-komak- | bigeneric | relating to a hybrid that results from a cross between plants of different genera; having the characteristics of two different genera; a hybrid (adjective) | botony |
| dah-komakik | bigeneric | relating to a hybrid that results from a cross between plants of different genera; having the characteristics of two different genera; a hybrid (adjective) | botony |
| dah-krusik | dimerous | having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of two | botony |
| dah-patik | bipinnate | of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns); of leaves, twice pinnately divided | botony |
| duvek-ashauk | sciaphilic | shade-loving; applied to plants (called sciophytes) that grow only in shady habitats | botony |
| gan-tevanik | dystrophic | having brownish acidic waters, a high concentration of humic matter, and a small plant population | botony |
| gol-kurek | accessory pigment | a pigment found in plants, algae, and some bacteria that absorbs light energy and channels it to the principal active pigment responsible for photosynthesis, usually a type of chlorophyll | botony |
| guv-smol-mathra | coccolith | one of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud | botony |
| ha'gel-fereikan | photosynthesis | the process in green plants by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source | botony |
| ha-snem | abcission | the shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant | botony |
| k'nurt | blight | a botanical blight found on Vulcan which affects plomeek (Orion Press Lexicon) | botony |
| kas-samasu-eshan | transpiration | the act or process of transpiring, especially through the stomata of plant tissue or the pores of the skin | botony |
| kas-vikantaya | pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | botony |
| kas-yar-kurek | chlorophyll | any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria | botony |
| kastik-tal | botany | the science or study of plants | botony |
| kulan-to'ovaya | circumnutation | the successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants | botony |
| kur-mortra | corolla | the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | botony |
| kus-vakh-shidik | campanulate | shaped like a bell, as certain flowers are | botony |
| kwon-morik | evergreen | having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year (adjective) | botony |
| lap-ek'sehl | treeline/timberline | the boundary between where trees grow and where they don't in alpine environments | botony |
| lap-wein-tin | canopy | the uppermost layer in a forest, formed by the crowns of the trees | botony |
| lesek-pi'fek | culm | the jointed hollow stem of a grass or similar plant | botony |
| luk-has | blight | any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues (noun) | botony |
| malatuvauk | naturalized | planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | botony |
| natya-kasik | dioecious | having the male and female reproductive organs borne on separate individuals of the same species; characterized by species in which the male and female reproductive organs occur on different individuals; sexually distinct | botony |
| ne-solektra-hatik | hypogean | located under the earth's surface; underground; of or relating to seed germination in which the cotyledons remain below the surface of the ground | botony |
| nei-savas | berry | an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato; a small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure (VLI) | botony |
| nei-savas-tu'ashik | dehiscent | spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents | botony |
| patik | pinnate | resembling a feather; having parts or branches arranged on each side of a common axis, e.g. a polyp with a pinnate form; pinnate leaves | botony |
| pen-gad-kastik | short-day plant | a plant requiring less than 12 hours of daylight in order for flowering to occur | botony |
| ravot-ashauk | entomophilous | of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects | botony |
| rish-kas-vikantaya | cross-pollination | the fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another | botony |
| sa'haf | bladder | any of various hollow or inflated saclike organs or structures, such as the floats of certain seaweeds or the specialized traps of bladderworts | botony |
| shai-kas-vikantaya | self-pollination | transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of the same flower | botony |
| si-vel | appendage | a structure attached to or arising from a larger structure | botony |
| snem-tor lap-wadi | debark | to debark a tree (verb) | botony |
| sov-tukh-nodolaya | nitrogen fixation | the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria | botony |
| svai-mortra | calyx | the sepals of a flower considered as a group | botony |
| svai-tor | bloom | to bear a flower or flowers; to support plant life in abundance (verb) | botony |
| svai-tu-ashya | blooming | the the organic process of bearing flowers | botony |
| tevan t'kas-sa-nei | pollen rain | pollen rain [no definition available] | botony |
| thav | cone | a unisexual reproductive structure of gymnospermous plants such as conifers and cycads | botony |
| to'ovau-tin t'lap-vukhut | cambium | a lateral meristem in vascular plants, including the vascular cambium and cork cambium, that forms parallel rows of cells resulting in secondary tissues | botony |
| tvi-seshaya | absorption | the uptake of liquid into the fibers of a plant | botony |
| yol | chitin | a tough, protective, semitransparent substance, primarily a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, forming the principal component of arthropod exoskeletons and the cell walls of certain fungi | botony |
| zudlar-shidik | dentate | edged with toothlike projections; toothed: dentate leaves | botony |
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