So, you think you know Morphology huh?

[Jennyfleur]

Hello OB,

This is kind of a two-part post!

Firstly, being a linguist, I've always known the term 'morphology' as it is applied to word structure (a 'morpheme' being the minimal distinctive unit of a grammar) and it's only in the last few months that I've realised that the word has biological applications as well.

Therefore, feeling that a Google search is cheating, I was wondering if someone could explain what 'Morphology' means in the context of plants?

Now, this question alone is more suited to the Orchid Lounge rather than Off The Topic, so here comes the second part of the post:

I was wondering if any of you have come across double word meanings in your interests/ line of work? or any humorous mis-interpretations/ mis-understandings from words?

(For example, when people ask what I 'do' and I say that I'm a phonologist (basically put, someone who studies the sound system of a language), the number of times they think I've said I'm a 'phrenologist' and I'm treated to questions similar to 'Oh, that's someone who feels lumps on peoples' heads right?'