calyx pl. calyces |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the sepals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the outer or proximal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (corolla) is also actually present or is deemed to be secondarily absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
valve |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any longitudinal segment of a fruit wall delimited by lines of dehiscence. |
…ternate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order ternate; as in biternate, thrice-ternate. |
vascular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the vasculature. |
terrestrial |
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habit |
plant |
Growing upon the ground, usually rooted in it. |
mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
bursicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
hilum 1 pl. hila |
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FEATURE |
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The scar left on a seed at the point of its abscission from the funiculus. |
gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
fruity |
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odor |
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Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
sterile |
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reproduction |
plant, reproductive structure |
Not producing functional spores, gametes, pollen, ovules, seeds, or other propagules. |
dimidiate |
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solid shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
retuse |
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apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
mamma pl. mammae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A rounded-conoidal protrusion, resembling the breast of a mammal. |
polygamous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having both bisexual and unisexual flowers, borne on the same or on different plants. |
plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
zygomorphic |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Bilaterally symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along only one median logitudinal plane. |
connivent |
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arrangement |
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Converging and distally contiguous; esp. arcuate stamens with anthers contiguous. |
circumcaulous |
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insertion |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
andromonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having all plants with both bisexual flowers and staminate ones. |
epiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. |
decompound |
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architecture |
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Comprising two or more orders of equivalent substructural entities; multiply compound. |