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leaf-like |
= foliaceous |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
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unbranched 1 |
= eramous |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
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congested |
= compact, crowded |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed very near to one another. |
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pitcher-leaved |
= ascidiate |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing pitcher-bladed (ascidiate) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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saccate 1 |
= alate, vesiculate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations resembling sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
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weeping |
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architecture |
plant |
Having elongate, flexible, pendent branches. |
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colpate |
= fossulate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (colpi). |
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…seriate 1 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Multicellular with the number of longitudinal columns of superposed cells indicated by the prefix; as in biseriate, multiseriate, uniseriate. |
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vesiculate |
= alate, saccate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations resembling sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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percurrent 1 |
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architecture |
primary or secondary laminar veins |
Running through the entire length of the lamina (blade), or all the way to its margin. |
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exalate 2 |
= wingless |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Lacking lateral lobes or enations that resemble sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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headless 1 |
= acephalous |
architecture |
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Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
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liguliferous |
= ligulate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
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…valleculate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate |
architecture |
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Having the number of valleculae indicated by the prefix; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); as in tetravalleculate, 8-valleculate. |
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dichlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth differentiated into a distinct calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals). |
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solid |
= continuous |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
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…tepalous |
= …tepaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having the number of tepals indicated by the prefix; as in hexatepalous. |
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unbranched 2 |
|
architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Not branching within the areole. |
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aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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symmetric(al) 2 |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are actinomorphic and equal in number of members. |
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tuberous 2 |
|
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a tuber in shape and texture, but not ontogenetically such; esp. roots. |
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barbellulate |
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architecture |
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Bearing one or more barbellules (barbellulae). |
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…colpate |
= …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monocolpate, polycolpate, 3-colpate. |
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petiolate |
< stalked |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a petiole. |
