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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
relief |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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small-sawtoothed |
= serrulate |
margin |
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Finely sawtoothed (serrate). See also scalloped (crenate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). |
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small-scalloped |
= crenulate |
margin |
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Finely scalloped (crenate). See also sawtoothed (serrate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). |
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small-toothed |
= denticulate |
margin |
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Finely toothed (dentate). See also sawtoothed (serrate), scalloped (crenate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate). |
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smooth 1 |
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relief |
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Even or unrelieved overall. Strictly applied, this term refers only to the surface proper; however, it is often used to mean glabrous as well. |
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smooth 2 |
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relief |
bark |
Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. |
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snail-shell-shaped |
= cochleate |
solid shape |
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Relatively broad and short, basically round in transverse section, resembling a rapidly tapering spire overall, the exterior helically convoluted. |
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soboliferous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having several, loosely clumped, principal stems that arise from a common underground stem system, each distinct above ground level. |
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soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
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solid |
= continuous |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
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solid shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall three-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, position, relief, and texture (as to thickness). |
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solitary 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed singly, each remote from any others. |
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solitary 2 |
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habit |
plants |
Growing singly; not aggregated. |
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sorus pl. sori |
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STRUCTURE |
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A cluster of sporangia borne upon a fertile frond, usually on its abaxial surface; often covered during maturation by a protective membrane, the indusium, that is an outgrowth from the epidermis; in Polypodiophyta. |
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spadicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Generally spicate but with the flowers embedded in a thick, fleshy axis, the whole subtended and usually partially or wholly enveloped by a large bract (spathe). |
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spadix pl. spadices |
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STRUCTURE |
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A thick, fleshy, primary inflorescence axis bearing sessile flowers more or less sunken into its surface, the whole subtended and sometimes partially enclosed by a specialized bract, the spathe; esp. in Araceae. |
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spathaceous 1 |
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architecture |
plant, inflorescence |
Bearing a spathe or spathes. |
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spathaceous 2 |
= spathe-like |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Resembling a spathe. |
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spathe |
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STRUCTURE |
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A usually relatively large, sometimes showy, foliose bract subtending and sometimes partially enclosing an inflorescence, esp. a spadicate one; in Liliidae (monocotyledons). |
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spathe-like |
= spathaceous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Resembling a spathe. |
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spathulate |
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plane shape |
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See spatula-shaped, spatulate. |
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spatula-shaped |
= spatulate |
plane shape |
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Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. |
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spatulate var. spathulate |
= spatula-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. |
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sperm |
> antherozoid, spermatozoid |
STRUCTURE |
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A male gamete. |
