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. |
pulviniform |
= cushion-shaped, mound-shaped, pulvinate |
solid shape |
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Essentially round in transverse section, much broader than long or high, with a convex distal face that intersects either a more or less plane proximal face or, when the structure is sessile, its bearing surface. |
apical |
< distal |
insertion |
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At or very near the developmental end or tip (apex) of a structure. |
ladder-like |
= scalariform |
arrangement |
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Disposed in vertical sequence with long axes horizontal and parallel. |
awn |
= arista, bristle, seta |
STRUCTURE |
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A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
waisted |
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solid shape |
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Constricted in width or breadth at or near the middle of its length. |
superaxillary |
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position |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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. |
retrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
pollinium pl. pollinia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mass of coherent pollen grains disseminated as a unit by adhering to a pollinating insect, representing the entire content of a single theca or of fused thecae; often distally attenuate to a sterile caudicle (translator arm), which may attach to a viscidium, either directly or through an intervening stipe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
obtrulliform |
= obtrullate |
plane shape |
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Inversely trulliform (trowel-shaped, trullate). |
acrid 2 |
= pungent |
odor |
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Sharp or astringent. |
suborbicular |
= subglobose, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost orbicular, slightly longer than broad. |
determinate |
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development |
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Having the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion differentiating first and the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions later, development thus proceeding sequentially downward or outward, growth of the whole thereby organizationally limited. |
overlapping 1 |
= imbricate(d) |
aestivation |
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Having members whorled or spirally inserted and overlapping one another, each overlapping or overlapped to either side, and also above or below if spirally arranged or in multiple whorls. |
hair |
= capillus; > glochid, glochidium; < cilium, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A hair-like trichome. |
…angled |
= …gonous |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely flat or curved; as in four-angled. See also …angular (…gonal), deltoid, obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
dome-shaped |
= tholiform |
solid shape |
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Convex overall, broadest at the base, and transversely more or less circular to elliptical throughout. |
aromatic |
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odor |
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Having a distinct odor; usually restricted to pleasant odors. |
venation |
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CHARACTER |
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Configuration of laminar vasculature as to its hierarchical organization and the dispositions of component orders. For descriptive purposes, the orders of vasculature are ranked with reference only to the lamina in point, irrespective of rank within any larger vascular context. |
mammose |
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solid shape |
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Having mammae. |
fine-fringed |
= fimbrillate |
margin |
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Finely fringed (fimbriate). |
sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
corrugate 2 |
= rugose, wrinkled |
relief |
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Having irregular, narrow ridges or creases, the intervening areas flat or only slightly concave or convex, appearing overall as though crumpled and then spread out. See also rugulose. |
transparent |
< hyaline, pellucid |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly and without diffusion; clear, like glass. See also translucent. |