elastoviscin |
= viscin |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
viscin |
= elastoviscin |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
resin |
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A substance of high molecular weight consisting of organic acids, esters, and/or terpenes, produced within plant tissue and exuded from wounds as a liquid that hardens to an amorphous glassy state upon exposure. |
mucilage |
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A slimy exudate. |
nectar |
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An aqueous exudate of high sugar content. |
latex pl. latices, latexes |
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A moderately viscous and sticky exudate, often milky, sometimes otherwise colored or clear. Overlaps conceptually with gum. |
gum |
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A highly viscous and sticky exudate that becomes more or less elastic and/or deformably solid upon drying. Overlaps conceptually with latex. |
unctuous 2 |
= greasy, oily, oleaginous |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
medullose |
= pithy |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
filamentous |
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Composed of filiform (thread-like) strands with no intervening tissue. |
gummy |
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Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
scarious |
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Very thin, dry, and not green. |
corticate |
= hard-coated |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
farinaceous 1 |
= mealy; < crumbling, fatiscent |
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Of minute, relatively stout trichomes that are collectively meal- or flour-like and easily detached. See also farinose. |
oily 2 |
= greasy, oleaginous, unctuous |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
elastic |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
indurate(d) |
= hard |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), corticate (hard-coated), sclerocaulous (hard-stemmed). |
sclerocaulous |
= hard-stemmed |
texture |
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Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
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Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
friable |
= brittle |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
soft |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
pithy |
= medullose |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |