Wart

Wart [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Verruca (Plural verrucae) Adjective: Warty


	A wart or verruca is a surface wart-like element, that usually is broader than it is high and is not constricted at the base.

Warty [ Botany]
Synonym: Verrucose (or verrucous)

A surface feature that can be found on many organs of a plant. Covered with warts or similar outgrowths or protuberances; verrucous;

Warty is about the same as tuberculate. (Verrucose = tuberculate = warty)

On the left: Warty (verrucose) leaves of Titanopsis calcarea [click to enlarge]

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