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eared |
= auriculate |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two small, rounded, lateral lobes, one to either side, that lie in more or less the same plane as the remainder of the lamina. |
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early-maturing |
= precocious |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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ear-shaped |
= auriform |
solid shape |
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Resembling a mammalian outer ear. |
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eccentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry not coincident with that of the context of reference. |
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echinate |
= spinose, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. |
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egg-shaped 1 |
= ovate |
plane shape |
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Elongate and wholly convex, widest near a bluntly rounded base and attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like the lateral outline of a fowl egg. See also obovate. |
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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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eglandular |
= glandless |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |
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eight-… |
= octa… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by eight entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in eight-carpelled, eight-flowered, eight-stamened. |
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elaiosome |
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STRUCTURE |
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A fleshy outgrowth from the seed coat (testa) that contains a high proportion of oil, usually attracting ants for dispersal. |
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elaminate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Lacking an expanded, more or less planate, distal portion (lamina or blade). |
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elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
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elastoviscin |
= viscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
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elater 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate cell with a helical, hygroscopic thickening in its wall, contained within a sporangium, expanding and contracting with changes in humidity and aiding dispersal of the spores; esp. in Hepaticae. |
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elater 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, flattened, hygroscopic enation from a spore, straightening upon desiccation and aiding transport by air; esp. in Equisetaceae. |
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eleven-… |
= endeca… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by eleven entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in eleven-carpelled, eleven-leafleted, eleven-stamened. |
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ellipsoid(al) |
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solid shape |
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Elliptic in any median longitudinal section; elongate, transversely circular, broadest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
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elliptic(al) 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming an ellipse |
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elliptic(al) 2 |
= oval |
plane shape |
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Elongate, widest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
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elongate |
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plane shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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emargination |
= notch |
FEATURE |
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A relatively small, acute sinus at the distal end of a laminar structure. |
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embryo |
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STRUCTURE |
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The rudimentary spermatophyte contained within a viable seed. |
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embryo sac |
< megagametophyte |
STRUCTURE |
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The multinucleate generative cell of an ovule, within which fertilization and zygote formation occur; resulting from meiotic division of a megaspore mother cell within the nucellus, and thus genetically haploid; its contents generally considered to represent an evolutionarily reduced gametophyte. |
