|
thyrsate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
|
thyrse |
|
nominative |
inflorescence |
An elongate, indeterminate main axis bearing numerous lateral branches, each the principal axis of a cymose subdivision. |
|
thyrse-like |
= thyrsiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a thyrse, but not strictly such. |
|
thyrsiform |
= thyrse-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a thyrse, but not strictly such. |
|
tiered |
|
arrangement |
|
In two or more rows that are arrayed one above another. |
|
tiller |
|
STRUCTURE |
|
An erect or ascending stem that branches from the base of another at or below the surface of the ground; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae) and other monocotyledons (Liliidae). |
|
tillering |
|
architecture |
plant, stem |
Producing tillers; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae) and other monocotyledons (Liliidae). |
|
tomentose |
|
pubescence |
|
Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
|
tomentulose |
|
pubescence |
|
Finely tomentose. |
|
tongue-shaped |
= lingulate |
solid shape |
|
Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
|
tooth pl. teeth |
= dens |
STRUCTURE |
|
One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), toothlet. |
|
toothed |
= dentate |
margin |
|
Having regularly spaced, angular convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter. See also small-toothed (denticulate); See also sawtoothed (serrate), scalloped (crenate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate), small-scalloped (crenulate). |
|
…-toothed 1 |
= …dentate |
apex |
|
Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in three-toothed. |
|
…-toothed 2 |
= …dentate |
margin |
|
Having the number of orders of teeth (dentes) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-toothed. See also …-sawtoothed (…serrate), …-scalloped (…crenate). |
|
toothlet |
|
STRUCTURE |
|
A diminutive tooth (dens). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule). |
|
top-shaped |
= turbinate |
solid shape |
|
Broadly obovoid-obconic; like a spinning top. See also pear-shaped (pyriform), obturbinate. |
|
torn |
= cut, incised, lacerate; > laciniate, slashed |
plane shape |
|
Having straight to irregular lines of separation extending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
|
torsive |
= contortuplicate |
aestivation |
|
Plicate and contorted. |
|
tortuous |
|
course |
|
Strongly irregular with sharp bends and/or curves. |
|
torulose |
= knotted |
solid shape |
|
Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
|
torus 1 pl. tori |
= receptacle |
STRUCTURE |
|
The relatively short, simple, axial structure surmounting a pedicel and basal to the flower, usually broader than the pedicel. |
|
torus 2 pl. tori |
= receptacle |
STRUCTURE |
|
The short, expanded, compound axial structure surmounting a peduncle and basal to two or more flowers, or to the florets of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae), where it may bear paleae (receptacular bracts), scales, bristles, trichomes, or subulate enations, and may be smooth or variously pitted (alveolate, foveolate). |
|
trabecula pl. trabeculae |
< septum |
STRUCTURE |
|
A transverse wall or partition that fully or partially separates two chambers within a sporangium. |
|
trabeculate |
< septate |
architecture |
|
Having one or more trabeculae. |
|
trailing |
= procumbent, prostrate, supine |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
