Stipule. A leafy appendage attached to the twig at the base of a petiole; usually in pairs, one on each side, often shedding early.
Striate. With fine grooves, ridges, or lines of color.
Suture. Line of dehiscence.
Subglobose. Globe shaped, but slightly flattened.
Subsessile. Almost stalkless.
Tomentose. Coated with short, matted woolly hair.
Truncate. Having a blunt tip or end, appearing as if abruptly cut off transversely.
Undulate. Wavy.
Unisexual. Having stamens and pistils in separate flowers.
Valvate. Opening by valves as in a capsule or some leaf buds; meeting at the edges without overlapping.