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radicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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The primary root, or its primordium, in an embryo; the portion of an embryo axis that develops into the root. |
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entire |
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margin |
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Uninterrupted; not deviating significantly from its general line, thus lacking any localized convexities or concavities. |
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…-sawtoothed |
= …serrate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of sawteeth indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-sawtoothed. See also …-scalloped (…crenate), …-toothed (…dentate). |
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flattened |
> complanate, compressed, depressed, obcompressed |
solid shape |
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Convex overall but with one or more sides or ends distinctly deviating toward plane, as though pressed or squeezed there. |
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slashed |
= laciniate; < cut, incised, lacerate, torn |
plane shape |
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Having relatively close, more or less straight lines of separation exending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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stipel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stipular analogue subtending a leaflet. |
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tailed 2 |
= caudate |
base |
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With one or more relatively slender, retrorse basal enations or appendages. |
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two-… |
= bi…, di… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by two entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in two-cleft, two-flowered, two-loculed. See also individual entries for terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination; and also double-… (bi…, twice-…). |
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beaklet 2 |
= rostellum |
STRUCTURE |
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A sterile excrescent stigma lobe protruding between the anther and the functional stigma lobes of a column; sometimes forming one or more viscidia at pollinium maturity; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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punctiform |
= dot-like |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
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egg-shaped 2 |
= ovoid |
solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broadest near a bluntly rounded base, and convexly attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like a fowl egg. See also obovoid. |
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rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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…fid |
? …cleft, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in bifid, quadrifid. |
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gland |
> nectary |
STRUCTURE |
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An anatomically distinct multicellular structure that produces and exudes a particular substance, or resembles those that do. |
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staminal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stamens. |
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hood |
= cucullus |
STRUCTURE |
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A hood-shaped structure or component, esp. in an inflorescence or flower. |
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supramedial |
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position |
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Just above the middle of the structure in point. |
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knotty |
= knobby, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knot-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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trulloid |
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solid shape |
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Elongate, basically square in transverse section, broadest below the middle, regularly attenuate to angular ends, all faces essentially plane. See also obtrulloid. |
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wall (fruit, ovary, pollen, spore) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The exterior layer of tissue(s) enclosing anatomically distinct interior tissues and sometimes fluid and/or one or more cavities. |
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bald |
= glabrous, psilate |
pubescence |
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Lacking trichomes. |
