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Taproot

The main or central root.

Terminal

Tip or end position.

Terminal Bud

Bud arising from the tip of a stem.

Terminal Mouth

A mouth opening at the anterior tip of the head in which the upper and lower jaws are approximately the same length with neither one extending beyond the other.

Toothed

With teeth, as in the margin of a leaf.

Trapaceae

Water Chestnut Family. Comprised of 1 genera and 2 species of annual, aquatic, rooted or floating herbs. Members of this family have alternate, floating leaves in rosettes and only present at the upper nodes. They also have submerged roots that are paired but not opposite.

Truncate

Ending abruptly, as if chopped off.

Tuber

A thickening of a rhizome, functioning as a form of food storage and/or for reproduction.

Turion

A small bulb-like structure.