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rostrate |
= beaked |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also rostellate (small-beaked). |
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spinulose |
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apex |
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Finely spinose. |
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acuminate |
= concave-tapered |
apex |
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Gradually diminishing in width or diameter to a slender tip, the sides longitudinally concave. Corresponds with attenuate for base shape. |
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piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
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acute |
= sharp |
apex |
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Sharply angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
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cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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abrupt |
= truncate |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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bifurcate |
< forked, furcate |
apex |
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Having two terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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tailed 1 |
= caudate |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
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conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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hamate |
= hooked, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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bristled |
= aristate, awned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more bristles (aristae, awns, setae). |
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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°. |
