Botanical Terms of the DaySunnyGardens.com - Online gardening community featuring a searchable plant encyclopedia, glossary of botanical terms, and recipe database.http://www.sunnygardens.comen-USSunnyGardens.comCopyright 1999-2010Fri, 03 Sep 2010 0:23:37 MSTbasal leafhttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/basal_leaf/basal_leaf_000107.php<a href="http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/leaf/leaf_000365.php">Leaf</a> that grows from the lowest part of the <a href="http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/stem/stem_000572.php">stem</a>. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 0:23:37 MSThttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/basal_leaf/basal_leaf_000107.phpendemichttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/endemic/endemic_000036.php<a href="http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/native/native_000396.php">Native</a> to or confined to a certain region. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 0:23:37 MSThttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/endemic/endemic_000036.phpsemi-ripe woodhttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/semi-ripe_wood/semi-ripe_wood_000526.phpRefers to stems or shoots that have slowed down in growth and become semi-woody. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 0:23:37 MSThttp://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_glossary/semi-ripe_wood/semi-ripe_wood_000526.php