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exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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helicoid-cymose |
> cincinnate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more helicoid cymes. See also scorpioid-cymose. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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corymb-like |
= corymbiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a corymb, but not strictly such. |
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polysepalous |
= aposepalous, chorisepalous, dialysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
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digitate |
= palmate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of leaflets all inserted at a common point and diverging from one another; or lobed (cleft, divided, parted, segmented), incised or ribbed in a similar hand-like pattern. Unless qualified to indicate otherwise, this term usually is understood to mean "palmately once-compound." See also …palmate, palmatifid, palmatipinnate, ternate. |
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unifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that are essentially similar in appearance. |
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aposepalous |
= chorisepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
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palmatipinnate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with two orders of leaflets, the first order palmate, the second pinnate. |
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continuous 2 |
= solid |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
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wingless 1 |
= exalate |
architecture |
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Lacking elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
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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). |
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capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
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pulvinate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Having a pulvinus. |
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fenestrate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
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stalked 2 |
= pedunculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
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homochlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth undifferentiated into distinct proximal and distal envelopes (calyx and corolla); composed of tepals, all essentially alike. |
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virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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prop-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and buttressed by prop roots. |
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rhizomatous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having rhizomes. |
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veined |
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architecture |
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Having one or more orders of evident vasculature. |
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articulate(d) |
= jointed |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these articulations (joints) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
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corymbiform |
= corymb-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a corymb, but not strictly such. |
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polytomous |
= flabelliramous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing more than three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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…digitate |
= …palmate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order digitate; as in tridigitate. |
