spathulate |
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plane shape |
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See spatula-shaped, spatulate. |
resinous 2 |
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texture |
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Having the consistency of resin. |
enzymatic |
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exudation |
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Secreting a digestive exoenzyme; in carnivorous plants. |
pilosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely pilose. |
arcuate 2 |
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plane shape |
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Elongate and more or less regularly curved from one end to the other, one side convex, the opposite concave. |
spirolobal |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Incumbent and folded together transversely. |
planoconvex |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad faces, one plane and one convex. |
trichotomocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having a triradiate surficial groove (colpus). |
aciculate |
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coloration |
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Having fine, irregularly oriented, straight streaks of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
nectar |
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SUBSTANCE |
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An aqueous exudate of high sugar content. |
vestiture |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See vesture. |
irregular 1 |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Imperfectly actinomorphic, the constituents disposed symmetrically but unequal in size and/or shape. See also peloric. |
ellipsoid(al) |
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solid shape |
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Elliptic in any median longitudinal section; elongate, transversely circular, broadest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
nutlet |
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nominative |
fruit |
A small, relatively hard-coated mericarp; esp. in Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Verbenaceae. |
connate |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Intimately fused, with strong histological continuity. |
woody clump |
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nominative |
plant |
An aggregate of woody main stems that arise from belowground organs derived from a single progenitor; the members of a clump are individually tree- or shrub-like and sometimes become physically separate over time. See also bush, frutex, shrub, subshrub, suffrutex, tree, undershrub. |
exfoliating |
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relief |
bark |
Shallowly and distantly fissured, falling away in thin, relatively large patches or sheets. |
inflorescence 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The basic architectural unit of the flower-producing portion of a plant; comprising one or more flowers, their associated supporting axes (peduncles, main axes, branches and pedicels), if any, and the appendages thereto (bracts, bractlets or bracteoles or prophylls, involucres, involucels, and glumes), if any; delimited by the insertion or gradation of a single peduncle, peduncle cluster, pedicel, pedicel cluster, or sessile flower, as the case may be, directly upon or into some proximal vegetative structure not of one of these types; depending upon the type(s) of flowers included, may be bisexual (all flowers bisexual), staminate (all flowers staminate), pistillate (all flowers pistillate), sterile (all flowers sterile), or mixed (two or more types of flowers present); most appropriately described using nominative terms. |
herbaceous 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Having no significant degree of secondary growth in any part of the shoot, which thus does not develop woody (lignified) tissue. |
oblate |
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solid shape |
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Symmetrically elongate and broader than long perpendicular to the developmental or polar axis. |
infrabracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the axis directly below a bract insertion. |
herbaceous 2 |
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texture |
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Composed entirely of relatively soft, non-woody (unlignified) tissues derived from primary growth. |
oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
persistent |
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duration |
structure |
Remaining attached and conspicuous until the bearing structure reaches maturity. |
coronal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the corona. |