Evergreen. Having green leaves throughout the year.

Falcate. Sickle- or scythe-shaped.

Follicle. A dry, single-carpel fruit, opening along one side for seed dispersal.

Fluted. Regularly marked by alternating ridges and grooves.

Fruit. The seed-bearing product of a plant.

Glabrous. Smooth, devoid of hair or surface glands.

Glandular. Furnished with glands, or glandlike.

Glaucous. Covered with a white waxy or powdery bloom.

Globose. Spherical, globular.

Husk. Fleshy covering of nut in hickories.