basicaulous |
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insertion |
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At or very near the stem base. |
discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
terminal |
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position |
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Apical and with the same developmental axis as the whole, of which it is the distalmost portion or appendage. |
prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
gynostemium pl. gynostemia |
= column, gynandrium |
STRUCTURE |
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A central floral structure consisting of the partly to wholly fused (connate and adnate) androecium and gynoecium; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
fovea pl. foveae |
= pit, scrobis |
FEATURE |
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A small, rounded depression. |
coleorhiza |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sheath-like structure enclosing the radicle (embryonic root) in an embryo; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
six-… |
= hexa… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by six entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in six-angled, six-sepaled, six-styled. |
abaxial |
= dorsal (not recommended) |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) away from the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
coroniform |
= crown-shaped |
solid shape |
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Shortly and broadly tubular overall, circumferentially continuous at the base, distally so or not; like a monarch's crown. |
cartilaginous |
= cartilage-like |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
androphore |
>< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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A stalk or tube that rises above the level of perianth insertion and bears the distinct portions of the androecium from its summit; as in Malvaceae, where the androphore is a tube formed by connation of the filaments. |
scalloplet |
= crenule |
FEATURE |
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A diminutive scallop (crena). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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). |
pneumatophore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structurally and functionally specialized root serving as an aboveground aerating organ; found in some woody taxa of wet habitats, notably some mangroves. |
pale 2 |
= palea, palet |
STRUCTURE |
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The upper or distal of the (usually) two distinctive bracts immediately subtending the flower in a grass (Poaceae) spikelet. |
glossy |
= laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
floccose |
< tufted |
pubescence |
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Bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
cladode |
= cladophyll, phylloclade |
STRUCTURE |
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A stem segment that functions as a leaf; often more or less compressed. |
sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
leftward |
= sinistrorse |
orientation |
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Directed to the left, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also rightward (dextrorse). |
connivent |
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arrangement |
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Converging and distally contiguous; esp. arcuate stamens with anthers contiguous. |
canalicular |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the channel of a petiole or petiolule. |
obtriangular 2 |
= cuneate, wedge-shaped |
plane shape |
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Inversely triangular; like the outline of the broad lateral face of a wedge, broadest at the apex. See also obdeltate. |
wedge-shaped 2 |
= cuneate, obtriangular |
plane shape |
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Inversely triangular; like the outline of the broad lateral face of a wedge, broadest at the apex. See also obdeltate. |