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mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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mucous 1 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
coating |
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Of a slimy substance, or becoming so upon wetting. |
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mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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mucro pl. mucrones, mucros |
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STRUCTURE |
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A short, hard, apical point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculum. |
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mucronate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, hard point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculate, mucronulate. |
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mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
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multi… |
= many-…, pluri…, poly… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by a relatively large number of entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in multicarpellate, multicellular, multifacial, multiseriate. See also oligo… (few-…). |
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multiciliate |
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architecture |
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Having several to many cilia. |
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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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multiple fruit |
= coenocarp, infructescence (not recommended), syncarp; > fig, syconium |
nominative |
fruit |
Compound and derived from the connate or coherent ovaries and accessory tissue(s), if any, of two or more adjacent flowers. |
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muricate |
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relief |
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Having short, hard, more or less acute, transversely round protrusions overall. See also muriculate. |
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muriculate |
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relief |
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Finely muricate. |
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muriform |
= brickwork-like |
arrangement |
cells |
Disposed like bricks in a wall; in parallel rows, the members in each row overlapping the boundaries between members of the adjacent rows. |
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muscariform |
= broom-shaped, penicillate |
solid shape |
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Having a proximal axis that bears a distal cluster of elongate slender branches or appendages, these variously ascending to erect; like a broom. |
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mushroom-shaped |
= fungiform |
solid shape |
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Having a cylindric base and a considerably broader, pulvinate distal portion; like the generalized form of a mushroom. |
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muticous |
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apex |
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Lacking a distinct terminal point (when one might be expected). |
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naked 1 |
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architecture |
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Lacking a covering that might have been expected. |
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naked 2 |
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architecture |
bud |
Lacking enclosing protective scales, the outermost embryonic components exposed and not differing significantly from those within. See also perulate. |
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naked 3 |
= achlamydeous |
architecture |
flower |
Lacking a perianth. |
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naked 4 |
= epaleate |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Lacking paleae; in Asteraceae (Compositae) |
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napiform |
= turnip-shaped |
solid shape |
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Depressed-globose overall and strongly acuminate (concave-tapered) at the base; like the generalized form of a turnip. |
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navicular |
= boat-shaped, cymbiform |
solid shape |
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Like the generalized form of a boat hull, the walls relatively thin to moderately thick, the interior essentially empty and open along one side. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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neck (archegonial) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal narrowed portion of an archegonium above its bulbous base. |
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neck (floral tube) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The solid, usually constricted portion of a floral tube sometimes present between casing and collar when those are both present. |
