sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
indurate(d) |
= hard |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), corticate (hard-coated), sclerocaulous (hard-stemmed). |
pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
supple |
= flexible, pliable, pliant |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
suberous |
= corky |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
watery |
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texture |
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Liquid and weakly cohesive, flowing freely; like water. This term often implies also transparency. |
granulate |
= granular, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
siliceous |
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texture |
epidermis, trichome |
Containing deposits of silica, thus hardened and abrasive. |
flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
membranaceous |
= membranous |
texture |
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Extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like animal membrane. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
simple-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |
acrodromous |
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venation |
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Having two or more primary and/or strongly developed secondary veins that diverge at or above the laminar base and are thence convergently arcuate toward the apex, reaching it or not. |
craspedodromous, mixed- |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
single-veined |
= hyphodromous, one-veined |
venation |
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Having one median, primary vein and no other venation externally evident. |
craspedodromous, simple- |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |
actinodromous |
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venation |
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Having three or more primary veins that diverge radially from a point at or above the base of the blade and run toward the margin, reaching it or not. |
brochidodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins incurving strongly near but short of the margin, interconnecting serially, and forming a succession of marginal loops. |
reticulodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, branching repeatedly, becoming less distinct, and yielding a dense higher-order reticulum near the margin. |
campylodromous |
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venation |
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Having several primary and/or strongly developed secondary veins that diverge from a point or small area near the base of the blade and run thence ultimately toward the apex, recurving proximally, arcuate and converging distally, reaching the apex or not. |
parallelodromous |
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venation |
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Having two or more primary veins that run more or less parallel to one another over most of the laminar length and converge near the apex. |