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awl-shaped 2 |
= subulate |
solid shape |
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Slender, essentially terete, and straight, gradually attenuate from a relatively narrow base to a very narrow, blunt to angular apex. |
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megastrobilus pl. megastrobili |
= female cone, macrostrobilus (not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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A strobilus (cone) whose fertile organs are all megasporophylls. |
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caesious |
< ceraceous, cereous, pruinose, waxen, waxy |
coating |
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Greenish pruinose; covered with a thin, opaque, greenish deposit (bloom) of macroscopically indistinguishable waxy particles that rubs off easily. See also glaucescent, glaucous. |
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obtrulliform |
= obtrullate |
plane shape |
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Inversely trulliform (trowel-shaped, trullate). |
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crista pl. cristae |
= crest |
STRUCTURE |
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A laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched, apical protrusion. |
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prominence |
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CHARACTER |
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Elevation or depression of a discrete feature relative to the surrounding surface. |
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cristate |
= crested |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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prominent |
< raised |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. See also prominulous. |
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fruity |
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odor |
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Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
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spiral 3 |
= helical |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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helical 3 |
= spiral |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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tongue-shaped |
= lingulate |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
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lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
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vascular bundle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discrete strand of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated cells (e.g., cambium) within a stem or other axial structure. |
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aromatic |
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odor |
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Having a distinct odor; usually restricted to pleasant odors. |
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male cone |
= microstrobilus |
STRUCTURE |
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A cone (strobilus) whose fertile organs are all microsporophylls. |
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chewed |
= ruminate |
relief |
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Irregularly convoluted, as if chewed. |
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…parted |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in five-parted. |
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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. |
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diffuse-porous |
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porosity |
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Homogeneously porous, the vessels not differentially disposed by size or number. |
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receptacular bract |
= pale, palea, palet |
STRUCTURE |
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A small papery (chartaceous) to membranous bract borne on the compound receptacle (torus) of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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epipterous |
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solid shape |
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Alate with a single terminal wing. |
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scar |
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FEATURE |
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A discontinuity in surface color and/or relief due to abscission of a structure formerly borne there. |
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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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hair |
= capillus; > glochid, glochidium; < cilium, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A hair-like trichome. |
