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viscin |
= elastoviscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
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resin |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A substance of high molecular weight consisting of organic acids, esters, and/or terpenes, produced within plant tissue and exuded from wounds as a liquid that hardens to an amorphous glassy state upon exposure. |
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elastoviscin |
= viscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
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latex pl. latices, latexes |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A moderately viscous and sticky exudate, often milky, sometimes otherwise colored or clear. Overlaps conceptually with gum. |
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farina pl. farinae, farinas |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A dry, meal- or flour-like covering. |
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gum |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A highly viscous and sticky exudate that becomes more or less elastic and/or deformably solid upon drying. Overlaps conceptually with latex. |
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sap |
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SUBSTANCE |
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Generally, the fluid content of a plant body; more precisely, the sugary fluid transported by the phloem. |
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callose |
= callous |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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leathery |
= coriaceous |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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callous |
= callose |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callous tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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sclerocaulous |
= hard-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
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sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
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friable |
= brittle |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
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brittle |
= friable |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
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herbaceous 2 |
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texture |
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Composed entirely of relatively soft, non-woody (unlignified) tissues derived from primary growth. |
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limp |
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texture |
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Lacking stiffness in in one or more dimensions, thus drooping or sagging where unsupported. |
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flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
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mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
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Sticky. |
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mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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rigent |
= rigid, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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bony |
= osseous |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
