trichotomocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having a triradiate surficial groove (colpus). |
pappose |
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architecture |
flower, fruit |
Bearing a pappus; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
megaphyllous |
= macrophyllous (not recommended) |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing megaphylls. |
amplexicaul |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
See amplexicaulous. |
continuous 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the flowers or branch units distributed evenly along the axis, with no significant interruption. |
gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
laminate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having an expanded, more or less planate, distal portion (lamina or blade). |
ternate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmate with three leaflets. |
…colpate |
= …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monocolpate, polycolpate, 3-colpate. |
naked 1 |
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architecture |
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Lacking a covering that might have been expected. |
apocarpous |
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architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having two or more simple pistils (carpels). |
secund 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the pedicels oriented such that the main bodies of all the flowers lie to one side of the bearing axis. |
anisopetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals unequal in size and/or shape. |
hygroscopic |
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architecture |
structure |
Increasing or decreasing in size according to the presence or absence of surrounding moisture, due to differential swelling or shrinking of component anatomical structures. |
petiolate |
< stalked |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a petiole. |
trichotomous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
corymb-like |
= corymbiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a corymb, but not strictly such. |
capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
percurrent 1 |
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architecture |
primary or secondary laminar veins |
Running through the entire length of the lamina (blade), or all the way to its margin. |
amplexicaulous var. amplexicaul |
= clasping |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having two distinct basal lobes that partially or fully encircle the bearing axis. See also connate-perfoliate, perfoliate. |
tillering |
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architecture |
plant, stem |
Producing tillers; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae) and other monocotyledons (Liliidae). |
continuous 2 |
= solid |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
palaceous |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having the petiole attached to the abaxial face of the blade at some point within the margin and adnate to it from there to the margin, thus peltate but with the distal portion of the petiole adnate to the blade, the whole shovel- or spade-like. |
runnering |
= sarmentose, stoloniferous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing runners (stolons), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
spike-like |
= spiciform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a spike, but not strictly such. |