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chewed |
= ruminate |
relief |
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Irregularly convoluted, as if chewed. |
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choripetalous |
= apopetalous, dialypetalous, polypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
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chorisepalous |
= aposepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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ciliate |
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margin |
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Having fine, hair-like trichomes (cilia) oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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cilium 1 pl. cilia |
> capillus, hair; >< trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A hair-like trichome or other surficial process. |
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cilium 2 pl. cilia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A motile hair- or whip-like structure extending from the surface of a cell. |
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cincinnate |
< helicoid-cymose |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cincinni. |
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cincinnus pl. cincinni |
< helicoid cyme |
nominative |
inflorescence |
A tightly coiled helicoid cyme (bostryx) with the nodes approximate to congested and the pedicels very short or the flowers sessile. |
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circinate 1 |
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solid shape |
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Terete and rolled downward from the apex in a tight coil. |
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circinate 2 |
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vernation |
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Having each leaf (frond) rolled adaxially from the sides and downward from the apex, forming a tight, flat coil; esp. in Polypodiophyta. |
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circular |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a circle. |
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circumcaulous |
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insertion |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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circumscissile |
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dehiscence |
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Splitting transversely through the exterior wall about its entire circumference, the resulting upper cap-like portion falling away. |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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citrus fruit |
= hesperidium |
nominative |
fruit |
A berry derived from a compound ovary and having a thin, firm, leathery rind (exocarp), a thicker, white, spongy wall layer (mesocarp) internal to that, and a fleshy interior (endocarp) that constitutes the bulk of the fruit and is separable into a number of radial sections, each triangular in transsection and consisting of a thin outer membrane surrounding a mass of juicy, unicellular vescicles, among which the seeds are embedded on the adaxial side; esp. in Rutaceae. |
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cladode |
= cladophyll, phylloclade |
STRUCTURE |
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A stem segment that functions as a leaf; often more or less compressed. |
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cladodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, but freely ramifying and becoming indistinct before reaching it. |
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cladophyll |
= cladode, phylloclade |
STRUCTURE |
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A stem segment that functions as a leaf; often more or less compressed. |
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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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clasping |
= amplexicaulous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having two distinct basal lobes that partially or fully encircle the supporting axis. See also connate-perfoliate, perfoliate. |
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clathrate |
= cancellate, latticed |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having portions of the blade naturally devoid of any but vascular tissue, which forms an open lattice in those areas. |
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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. |
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claw |
= unguis |
STRUCTURE |
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The abruptly much narrower proximal portion, when present, of a laminar structure, esp. a petal; of variable shape itself, but usually attenuate toward the base. |
