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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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mucronate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, hard point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculate, mucronulate. |
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corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
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sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
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mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
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piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
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horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
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conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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apiculate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, slender, angular tip that is not notably harder or stiffer than the main body of the structure. See also mucronate, mucronulate. |
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small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
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Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
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aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
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crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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retuse |
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apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
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bracteolate |
= bractleted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracteoles (bractlets, prophylls). |
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…ternate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order ternate; as in biternate, thrice-ternate. |
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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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…porate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of pores indicated by the prefix; as in monoporate, polyporate, triporate. |
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septate 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular to multicellular with transverse partitions (septa) that are common cell walls (intercellular) and/or intrusions from longitudinal cell walls (intracellular). |
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pedatifid |
= pedate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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megaphyllous |
= macrophyllous (not recommended) |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing megaphylls. |
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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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estipulate |
= exstipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
