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alete |
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architecture |
spore |
Lacking a tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
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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. |
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disciform 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are usually pistillate and that have relatively slender actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of florets that are bisexual or functionally staminate and that have relatively broader actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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sectile |
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architecture |
pollinium |
Having partially separated sectors, as though cut. |
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…fossulate |
= …colpate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of fossulae indicated by the prefix; as in unifossulate, multifossulate, 5-fossulate. |
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ligulate 2 |
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architecture |
floret |
Bisexual with a zygomorphic corolla; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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acroramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the apex. |
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bracteate |
= bracted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
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diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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multicipital |
= many-stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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palaceous |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having the petiole attached to the abaxial face of the blade at some point within the margin and adnate to it from there to the margin, thus peltate but with the distal portion of the petiole adnate to the blade, the whole shovel- or spade-like. |
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andropetalous 1 |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having petaloid, sterile stamens. |
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…petaled |
= …petalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in five-petaled. |
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heteromorphic |
> heteroblastic, heterocephalous, heterocladic, heterophyllous, heterostylous |
architecture |
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Occurring in two or more distinctly different forms within the taxon in point, at either the same or different times, in either the same or different plants. |
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sulcate |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (sulci). |
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heterophyllous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape, either on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
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…sulcate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of sulci indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monosulcate, polysulcate, 3-sulcate. |
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isopolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves similar. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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even-pinnate |
= paripinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an even number of members, none truly terminal. |
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secund 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the pedicels oriented such that the main bodies of all the flowers lie to one side of the bearing axis. |
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bracted |
= bracteate |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
