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Term Definition
a not, without
ab away from
aleuron flour
andr male
angio box, vessel
anth flower
antheros flowery
anti against
apertur opening, hole
api tip, apex
arche beginning
asco sac
ate provided with, formed into
auto self
basidio small base
bi two, double
cap head
capill hair
carp fruit
caul stem
cephal head
chloro green
chrom color
cid cut, kill
circ circle
cleisto closed
coll glue
coma hair
cyan dark blue
cyst bladder, bag
cyt cell
dendr tree
dent tooth
derm skin
di two, separate
dictyo net
dichotomos cut into two
el diminutive ending
endo inside
epi upon
equinus horse
erythr red
eu true, good
ex from, beyond
exo outside
fer bearer
fil thread-like
fissio splitting
flagellum whip
flav yellow
flor flower
fol leaf
fungus mushroom
funiculus a small cord
gamet spouse, sex cell
gamo union, marriage
gen origin, birth
genus race
geo earth
glab bald
gland secrectory spot
glut glue
gymn naked
gyn female
habitus condition, physique
hal salt
hemi half
hetero other, different
hex six
holo entire
homo same, alike
hydro water
hyph web
hypo below
idion diminutive ending
il diminutive ending
infra below
inter between
intra within
iso equal, homogenous
karyron nut, nucleus
lab lip
lamel plate, layer
lamin blade
lance lance, blade
leuco white
lig strap, ribbon
lith stone
loc a small place, cell
ligne wood
logos discourse, study
macro large, long
mega large
meiosis reduction
meri part, segment, component
meso middle
micro small, tiny
mitos thread
mono one, single
morph form, structure
myco fungus, mushroom
myx slime
nat born, borne
nom name
ode like
oec household
oid like
ol little
orth straight
ostiol little door
oön egg
ov egg
paleo ancient
palm hand
palustr swamp
para beside
pect comb
ped, pod foot, stalk
pelt shield
per through, by means of
peri around
phellos cork
phil love
phloos bark
phore bearer
phyle tribe
phyll leaf
phyco seaweed
phyte plant
pinn feather
plast thing molded
ploid fold
plume feather
pneum lung, air, gas
poly many, much
por small opening
prim first
pro before
protiston the very first
proto first, original
pseud false
psilos bare, mere
pterid fern
pyle gate
rad root
phodon rose color
ros rose
sagitt arrow
sapro rotten
schiz deeply divided
scis cut
sect cut
semi half
septum partition, wall, enclosure
sessilis fit for sitting
soma body
soros heap
species kind
sperm seed
sphen wedge
sporo seed, spore
stell star
strobilos twisted object, top, pinecone
stome mouth
stroma cushion, mattress
stylo pillar
sub under, less than
super, supar above, over
syn, sym together, with, at the same time
taxis arrangement, order
terra earth
tetra four
thall shoot
tri three
trichom hair
trop bend
troph nourish, food
tuber knob, swelling
ul little
uni one
vor eat
xanthos yellow
xer dry
xylon wood
zygo yoke, pair

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Created June 11, 2006
Group AP Biology - Peterson & Pfeifer
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