- acritarch
- small microfossil of unknown or varied biological affinity, consisting of a central cavity enclosed by a wall of single or multiple layers (Source: * UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PALYNOLOGY DEFINITIONS)
- anemophilous
- pollinated by wind (Source: Nickell and Fischer, 1999, p. 70)
- chitinozoan
- marine microfossil of uncertain affinity generally shaped like a flask, occurring individually or in chains. Usually assumed to be animal remains. (Source: * UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PALYNOLOGY DEFINITIONS)
- dendrochronology
- the science of dating events and variations in environment in former periods by comparative study of growth rings in trees and aged wood (Source: Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1963)
- dinoflagellate
- unicellular aquatic organisms, motile and heterotrophic, parasitic, or photosynthetic (Source: * UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PALYNOLOGY DEFINITIONS)
- druse
- compound calcium oxalate crystal of more or less spherical shape, in which the many component crystals protrude from the surface giving a star-shaped appearance (Source: Dickison, 2000, p.506-7)
- entomophilous
- pollinated by insects (Source: Nickell and Fischer, 1999, p.70)
- exine
- the outer layer of the wall of a spore or pollen grain (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000)
- fiat
- arbitrary order or decree (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary, 1983)
- intine
- the innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000)
- lentic
- still bodies of water (Source: Casamatta and Verb, 2000, p.1280)
- lotic
- flowing bodies of water (Source: Casamatta and Verb, 2000, p.1280)
- pollen rain
- the expected production and dispersal patterns of spores and pollen for any given area (Source: Bryant et al., 1990, p.194)
- raphide
- needle-shaped crystal occurring as one of a closely packed, sheathlike bundle (Source: Dickison, 2000, p.512)
- sclereid
- a cell that has a thick, typically lignified secondary wall and that typically lacks a protoplast when mature; the "stone cell" of a pear (Source: Dickison, 2000, p.513)
- systematics
- the study of the identification (taxonomy) and evolutionary relationships among plant species (Source: Miller Coyle et al., 2001, p.340)
- trichome
- on plants, a hair-like epidermal outgrowth with diverse form, structure, and function (Source: Dickison, 2000, p.515)
- xylotomist
- an authority on wood and its composition (Source: Block, 1979, p.155)
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The Forensic Botany site was created in 2002 by Jennifer Van Dommelen as a project in the Web Literacy For the Natural Sciences class at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Terms in bold are defined within the body of the text. Highlighted terms and author citations are linked to a glossary and reference list, respectively, which open in new windows. All images have been used with permission. Header banners created by Jennifer Van Dommelen.
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