Capsule, A many-celled seed-vessel.

Cleft, Divided, split, parted.

Conical, Having the form of a cone.

Decumbent, Reclining, but with tips ascending.

Edible, Fit to be eaten as food.

Fastigiate, Branches erect and close together.

Frond, Leaf of a fern.

Glaucous, A dull green passing into gray blue.

Globose, Round, spherical, globular.

Herbaceous Perennial, A soft stemmed plant, which perishes down to the root annually. Hybrid, A variety produced from the mixture of two species.

Lobed, Divided to the middle into parts distant from each other, with convex margins. Mulch, A light covering, as hay, straw or leaves.

Palmate, Having the shape of a hand.

Panicles, Scattered fruit or flowers. Clusters on peduncles variously sub-divided. Pedicels, Short flower or fruit stalks.

Pendulous, Hanging, drooping.

Petiole, The stem of a leaf, connecting the leaf with the plant.

Pinnate, Compound, feather-shaped.

Plumose, Feathery.

Procumbent, Trailing, prostrate, lying on the ground.

Prostrate, Lying flat upon the ground.

Pubescent, Downy.

Pyramidal, Having the shape of a pyramid.

Raceme, A cluster of flowers or fruit.

Recurving, Bending toward the ground.

Sepal, A part of the calyx or perianth of a flower.

Sterile, Barren, unfruitful.

Tendril discs, Claspers given to climbing plants for supports.

Tuberous, Round, fleshy, underground stems, as, for example, potatoes.

Trifoliate, Having three leaves.

Tubular, Having the form of a tube or pipe.

Umbel, A flat-topped flower cluster.

Whorl, Leaves or flowers arranged around a stem, in the same plane with each other.