small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
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Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
muticous |
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apex |
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Lacking a distinct terminal point (when one might be expected). |
awned |
= aristate, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more awns (aristae, bristles, setae). |
spinulose |
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apex |
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Finely spinose. |
apiculate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, slender, angular tip that is not notably harder or stiffer than the main body of the structure. See also mucronate, mucronulate. |
corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
rostellate |
= small-beaked |
apex |
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Diminutively rostrate (beaked). |
cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
bristled |
= aristate, awned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more bristles (aristae, awns, setae). |
aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
rostrate |
= beaked |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also rostellate (small-beaked). |
conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
praemorse |
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apex |
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Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
blunt 1 |
= obtuse |
apex |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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. |
beaked |
= rostrate |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also small-beaked (rostellate). |
piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
cuspidate |
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apex |
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Tapering gradually to a rigid tip composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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°. |
crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
cristate |
= crested |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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. |
pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
abrupt |
= truncate |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
notched |
= emarginate |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |