Terms to know:

Adherent-clingy, sticking

Lenticel- pore on the stem for gas exchange

Glaucous- silver-grey coloration of grapes; they look as if they are covered in a whitish bloom

Nodes- intersection in which the first set of branches break off; often a location for buds, leaves, flowers and meristem

Hirtellous- minutely shaggy/hairy

Arachnoid- covered in long, delicate hairs (like spider legs!)

Glabrous- hairless

Stipule- one pair of lateral leaf like appendages at the base of the leaf

bifid-2 parts/lobes

trifid- 3 parts/lobes

teniform- tapeworm shaped (leaf)

reniform- kidney shaped (leaf)

cordate- heart shaped (leaf)

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