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cross-shaped 1 |
= cruciate |
architecture |
corolla, perianth |
Having four petals or tepals disposed in pairs of opposite members, the whole resembling a cross when viewed from above. |
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stalked 1 |
= pedicellate |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
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didynamous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Diadelphous with two stamens in each set. See also tetradynamous. |
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apopetalous |
= choripetalous, dialypetalous, polypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
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umbel-like |
= umbelliform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling an umbel, but not strictly such. |
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achlamydeous |
= naked |
architecture |
flower |
Lacking a perianth. |
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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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dendritic |
= tree-like |
architecture |
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Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
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symmetric(al) 2 |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are actinomorphic and equal in number of members. |
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distant |
= remote |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively far from one another along the axis. |
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imbricate(d) 2 |
= overlapping |
arrangement |
planate structures |
Overlapping one another laterally and/or longitudinally. |
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polyadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Shed in groups of more than four, each group comprising grains from two or more original tetrads, the latter intact or not. |
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distichous |
= two-ranked |
arrangement |
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Disposed in two ranks along the axis, the ranks opposite one another. |
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conduplicate 1 |
= duplicate |
arrangement |
cotyledons |
Adaxially contiguous, folded sharply together longitudinally (one adaxially, one abaxially), and reflexed together, one enveloping the hypocotyl and radicle, the other enveloping the first. |
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cyclic |
= seriate, verticillate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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…stichous |
= …ranked |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in the number of distinct ranks indicated by the prefix; as in distichous, polystichous, tristichous. |
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…cyclic |
= …seriate, …verticillate, …whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed in the number of cycles (series, verticils, whorls) indicated by the prefix; as in monocyclic, 3-cyclic. |
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V-form |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Disposed in an open-ended triangular pattern, like the letter V. |
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divaricate |
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arrangement |
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Strongly divergent. |
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dyadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Cohering and shed in pairs, each tetrad having separated into halves. |
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superposed 1 |
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arrangement |
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Approximate to congested, inserted directly above and below one another. |
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divergent |
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arrangement |
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Directed at individually different angles from a common point or relatively limited zone of origin, thus farther apart distally than proximally. |
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scalariform |
= ladder-like |
arrangement |
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Disposed in vertical sequence with long axes horizontal and parallel. |
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overlapping 2 |
= imbricate(d) |
arrangement |
planate structures |
Overlapping one another laterally and/or longitudinally. |
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approximate |
= close |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively near to one another. |
