non-stomate-bearing |
= astomatiferous |
architecture |
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Lacking stomates in the epidermis. |
scapose |
= scapigerous |
architecture |
plant |
Having the inflorescence borne upon a leafless, essentially naked axis (scape) that arises directly from a caudex or rhizome beneath, at, or slightly above the substrate surface. |
amentate |
= catkinate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more aments. |
…petaled |
= …petalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in five-petaled. |
jointed |
= articulate(d) |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these joints (articulations) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
monolete |
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architecture |
spore |
Having a single linear tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from ontogenetic coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
homocladic |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having stems that do not differ distinctly in size, shape and/or constitution. |
cross-shaped 1 |
= cruciate |
architecture |
corolla, perianth |
Having four petals or tepals disposed in pairs of opposite members, the whole resembling a cross when viewed from above. |
interrupted 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the leaflets alternately large and small. |
didynamous |
|
architecture |
flower, androecium |
Diadelphous with two stamens in each set. See also tetradynamous. |
asymmetric(al) 2 |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are irregular and/or unequal in number of members. |
leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
many-stemmed |
= multicipital |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
dendritic |
= tree-like |
architecture |
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Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
…adelphous |
|
architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having two or more distinct sets of stamens, the sets differing from one another in the arrangements, insertions, positions and/or morphologies of the included stamens, the number of sets indicated by the prefix, at least one set with two or more members; as in diadelphous, monadelphous, triadelphous. |
monopodial |
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architecture |
axes |
Branching laterally, each axis of each order of branches produced by a single, persistently dominant, apical meristem. See also sympodial. |
spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |
acaulous |
= stemless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking any evident, elongate, aboveground stem, other than reproductive axes, at maturity, the leaves and/or reproductive axes arising essentially at substrate level from a very short axis with highly congested nodes. |
interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
diffuse |
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architecture |
plant, stem |
Having branches remote and divergent to divaricate. |
paleate |
= chaffy |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets, receptacular bracts); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
indusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Having an indusium. |