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vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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ligulate 2 |
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architecture |
floret |
Bisexual with a zygomorphic corolla; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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acroramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the apex. |
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bracteate |
= bracted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
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diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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multicipital |
= many-stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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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. |
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one-leafleted |
= single-leafleted, unifoliolate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Structurally compound but with only one leaflet, whose nature (as a leaflet, not a leaf) is revealed by an evident articulation with the petiole, this condition presumably derived by evolutionary reduction from a multifoliolate precursor. |
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petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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pseudopetiolate |
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architecture |
leaf |
Having a distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion that is evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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…sulcate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of sulci indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monosulcate, polysulcate, 3-sulcate. |
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heterophyllous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape, either on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
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isopolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves similar. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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even-pinnate |
= paripinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an even number of members, none truly terminal. |
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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. |
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bracted |
= bracteate |
architecture |
|
Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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dichasiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more simple or compound dichasia. See also cincinnate, cymose, cymulose, helicoid-cymose, monochasiate, scorpioid-cymose. |
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gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
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zygomorphic |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Bilaterally symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along only one median logitudinal plane. |
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runnering |
= sarmentose, stoloniferous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing runners (stolons), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
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one-lipped |
= unilabiate; < labiate, lipped |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one lip-like structure. |
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…petalous |
= …petaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in pentapetalous. |
