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fibrous-rooted |
< diffuse-rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Diffuse-rooted with fibrous roots. See also taprooted. |
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sheathed |
= vaginate |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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…stamened |
= …androus |
architecture |
flower, floret, androecium |
Having the number of stamens indicated by the prefix; as in twelve-stamened. |
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odd-pinnate |
= imparipinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
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cruciferous |
= anisocytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having three subsidiary cells, one distinctly smaller than the others. |
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involucrate 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Having an involucre. |
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pedate |
= pedatifid |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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diplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the sepals, the distal whorl with members directly above the petals. See also obdiplostemonous. |
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foliose 1 |
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architecture |
stem |
Bearing many leaves. |
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spicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more spikes. |
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haplocheilic |
= simple-lipped |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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tetradynamous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Diadelphous with four stamens in one set and two in the other. See also didynamous. |
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compound |
= composite |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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compound-lipped |
= syndetocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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cymiform |
= cyme-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a cyme, but not strictly such. |
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sheathing 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Differentiated into distinct proximal and distal portions, the former terete or involute and closely enclosing the bearing axis above the point of insertion. |
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microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
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sepal-like |
= sepaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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agglomerate |
= glomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
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asepalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth |
Lacking sepals. |
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pedatifid |
= pedate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
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foliose 2 |
|
architecture |
thallus |
Having leaf-like lobes; in Hepaticae. |
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spiciform |
= spike-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a spike, but not strictly such. |
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haplomorphic |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the members of each set of basic floral structures numerous and spirally arranged, the flower hemispheric to conoidal overall. |
