caesious |
< ceraceous, cereous, pruinose, waxen, waxy |
coating |
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Greenish pruinose; covered with a thin, opaque, greenish deposit (bloom) of macroscopically indistinguishable waxy particles that rubs off easily. See also glaucescent, glaucous. |
opposite 2 |
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arrangement |
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Having the members of each whorl inserted directly above and/or below those of the next adjacent whorl(s). See also antipetalous, antisepalous. |
clavate |
= club-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and basically round in transverse section, the diameter greatest at or near a blunt apex, thence attenuate toward the base, the degree of taper greatest between the middle and the upper quarter. |
basifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached at its base. |
duplicate 2 |
= conduplicate |
vernation |
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Each leaf folded sharply inward along its longitudinal axis, the adaxial surfaces of each side facing one another. |
inframedial |
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insertion |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
phyllary |
= involucral bract; < bract (broad sense) |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the bracts composing the involucre of a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
joint |
= articulation |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinct, relatively narrow zone of demarcation between adjacent main portions of an elongate structure, often thicker than the rest of the structure and sometimes a site of eventual abscission. |
semicraspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, each secondary vein running thence toward and bifurcate near the margin, one branch terminating at the margin, the other upwardly arcuate and merging with the superadjacent secondary vein, thus forming one of a series of marginal loops. |
puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
coloration |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
capitiform |
= capitate, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
sunken |
> immersed, impressed |
prominence |
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Below the general level of the surrounding surface. |
limb 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret distal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
vascular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the vasculature. |
epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
feather-shaped |
= plumose |
solid shape |
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Having a slender central axis bearing two opposite ranks of numerous, closely proximate, ascending, very slender branches or appendages; resembling the generalized form of a feather. |
torus 2 pl. tori |
= receptacle |
STRUCTURE |
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The short, expanded, compound axial structure surmounting a peduncle and basal to two or more flowers, or to the florets of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae), where it may bear paleae (receptacular bracts), scales, bristles, trichomes, or subulate enations, and may be smooth or variously pitted (alveolate, foveolate). |
breast-shaped |
= mammiform |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
axe-shaped |
= dolabriform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basally terete, becoming strongly compressed toward an abruptly and unilaterally broader apex; like an axe (handle plus head). |
distant |
= remote |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively far from one another along the axis. |
chamber (not recommended) |
= cell (not recommended), locule |
FEATURE |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
axehead-shaped |
= dolabrate |
solid shape |
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Like an axe head oriented cutting edge downward. |
distichous |
= two-ranked |
arrangement |
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Disposed in two ranks along the axis, the ranks opposite one another. |
immersed |
< sunken |
prominence |
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Deeply sunken. |
hard-coated |
= corticate |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |