…stylous |
= …styled |
architecture |
flower, pistil |
Having the number of styles indicated by the prefix; as in monostylous, pentastylous, polystylous. |
loose 1 |
= lax |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed distant from one another. |
epaleate |
= naked |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Lacking paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae) |
grooved |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more relatively narrow and shallow longitudinal depressions (grooves). |
antheriferous |
= anther-bearing |
architecture |
floral structure |
Bearing anthers. |
carpellate (not recommended) |
= pistillate |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
…pistillate |
= …gynous, …pistilled |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having the number of pistils indicated by the prefix; as in tripistillate. |
cymulose |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cymules. |
dorsiventral |
|
architecture |
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Having structurally distinct abaxial (dorsal) and adaxial (ventral) portions or aspects. |
…sepalous |
= …sepaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having the number of sepals indicated by the prefix; as in tetrasepalous. |
heteroblastic |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
plant |
Having juvenile and mature leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
trabeculate |
< septate |
architecture |
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Having one or more trabeculae. |
cotyloid |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having general adnation among the different sets of floral structures, thus having the ovary inferior and/or having a floral tube. |
…grooved |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
|
Having the number of grooves indicated by the prefix; as in three-grooved, 5-grooved. |
imparipinnate |
= odd-pinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
umbel-like |
= umbelliform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling an umbel, but not strictly such. |
…ovuled |
= …ovulate |
architecture |
megasporophyll, ovary |
Having the number of ovules indicated by the previx; as in ten-ovuled. |
…carpelled |
= …carpellate |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium, pistil, ovary, fruit |
Deemed to have or to consist of the number of carpels indicated by the prefix; as in six-carpelled, 3-carpelled. |
pistillate |
= carpellate (not recommended) |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
elaminate |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Lacking an expanded, more or less planate, distal portion (lamina or blade). |
personate |
= gaping, ringent |
architecture |
corolla |
Bilabiate with the upper lip inwardly arcuate, the lower lip prominent and appressed to the upper at the level of the throat or junction of tube and limb, which is thus normally occluded but which gapes, resembling an open mouth, when the whole is compressed laterally. |
heterocephalous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having heads that differ distinctly in size, shape, and/or constitution. |
astomatiferous |
= non-stomate-bearing |
architecture |
|
Lacking stomates in the epidermis. |
pedunculate |
< stalked |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
neuter |
|
architecture |
flower, floret |
Lacking both stamens and pistils. |