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fissured |
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relief |
bark |
Split or cracked vertically, diagonally, and/or horizontally in a regular or irregular pattern, the fissures not encircling the stem individually. |
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fistulose |
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solid shape |
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Basically tubular with closed ends. |
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five-… |
= penta… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by five entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in five-grooved, five-stamened, five-tepaled. |
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fixation |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of attachment to a supporting structure. |
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fixed |
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fixation |
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Attached to the bearing structure in a manner allowing no significant rotation or declination in relation to it. |
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flabellate |
= fan-shaped, flabelliform |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
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flabelliform |
= fan-shaped, flabellate |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
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flabelliramous |
= polytomous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem to produce more than three equal derivatives. |
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flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
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flagelliform |
= whip-like |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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flagellum pl. flagella |
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STRUCTURE |
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A very slender whip-like structure that extends from the main body of an antherozoid and, by active undulation, propels the cell through a liquid medium. |
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flange |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively broad, circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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flanged |
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solid shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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flanged |
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plane shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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flask-shaped |
= ampulliform, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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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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fleeting |
= fugacious |
duration |
structure |
Wilting or withering very shortly after emergence, soon becoming inconspicuous and falling away or disintegrating. |
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flesh |
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STRUCTURE |
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Tissue that is fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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fleshy |
= carnose, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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fleshy-stemmed |
= sarcocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are fleshy (carnose, sarcous). |
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flexed |
= bent |
solid shape |
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Having an abrupt bend at some point along its length. See also declinate (inclinate), geniculate (kneed), inflexed, reflexed. |
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flexible |
= pliable, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
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flexuose |
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course |
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See flexuous. |
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flexuous var. flexuose |
= zig-zag |
course |
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Having alternating angular bends to either side, more or less straight between the bends. |
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floating 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Buoyant and growing entirely at or near the surface of water, not rooted in any substrate. |
