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obdiplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the petals, the distal whorl with members directly above the sepals. See also diplostemonous. |
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disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
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eramous |
= unbranched |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
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unstalked |
= exstipitate, sessile, stalkless |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
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netted 1 |
= anastomosing, net-like, reticulate |
architecture |
tertiary and higher-order laminar veins, excl veinlets |
Interconnecting more or less regularly. |
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loose 1 |
= lax |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed distant from one another. |
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epaleate |
= naked |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Lacking paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae) |
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grooved |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more relatively narrow and shallow longitudinal depressions (grooves). |
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antheriferous |
= anther-bearing |
architecture |
floral structure |
Bearing anthers. |
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…carpellate |
= …carpelled |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium, pistil, ovary, fruit |
Deemed to have or to consist of the number of carpels indicated by the prefix; as in polycarpellate,tricarpellate, unicarpellate. |
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…ovulate |
= …ovuled |
architecture |
megasporophyll, ovary |
Having the number of ovules indicated by the previx; as in biovulate, multiovulate. |
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rubiaceous |
= paracytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having one or more subsidiary cells to either side, all oriented parallel to its long axis. |
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glandular 1 |
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architecture |
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Having one or more glands. |
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staminate |
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architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional stamens but no functional pistils, thus unisexual and male. |
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hooded |
= cucullate |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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labiate |
= lipped; > bilabiate, one-lipped, two-lipped, unilabiate |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one or two lip-like structures. |
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sepaloid |
= sepal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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pedicellate |
< stalked |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
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…stylous |
= …styled |
architecture |
flower, pistil |
Having the number of styles indicated by the prefix; as in monostylous, pentastylous, polystylous. |
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…grooved |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of grooves indicated by the prefix; as in three-grooved, 5-grooved. |
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imparipinnate |
= odd-pinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
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umbel-like |
= umbelliform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling an umbel, but not strictly such. |
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carpellate (not recommended) |
= pistillate |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
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…pistillate |
= …gynous, …pistilled |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having the number of pistils indicated by the prefix; as in tripistillate. |
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cymulose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cymules. |
