scalariform |
= ladder-like |
arrangement |
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Disposed in vertical sequence with long axes horizontal and parallel. |
overlapping 2 |
= imbricate(d) |
arrangement |
planate structures |
Overlapping one another laterally and/or longitudinally. |
…angular 1 |
|
arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a figure with the number of sides indicated by the prefix. |
muriform |
= brickwork-like |
arrangement |
cells |
Disposed like bricks in a wall; in parallel rows, the members in each row overlapping the boundaries between members of the adjacent rows. |
tiered |
|
arrangement |
|
In two or more rows that are arrayed one above another. |
monadal |
|
arrangement |
pollen |
Shed singly, or essentially so, only loosely and irregularly, if at all, coherent, each original tetrad having separated fully. |
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. |
radial |
= radiant, radiate, stellate |
arrangement |
|
Disposed about and mutually divergent from a common geometric center in two or three dimensions, thus collectively actinomorphic. |
verticillate |
= cyclic, seriate, whorled |
arrangement |
|
Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted regularly around the axis at the same level. |
geminate |
= conjugate, paired |
arrangement |
|
Inserted by pairs, the members of each fused or not. |
incumbent 1 |
= notorhizal |
arrangement |
cotyledons |
Adaxially contiguous and together oppositely parallel to the hypocotyl and radicle, the abaxial surface of one lying against them. |
…verticillate |
= …cyclic, …seriate, …whorled |
arrangement |
|
Disposed in the number of verticils (cycles, series, whorls) indicated by the prefix; as in five-whorled, 3-whorled. |
halberd-head-shaped 1 |
= hastate |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two generally triangular lobes, one to either side, oriented more or less perpendicular to the central axis. |
sagittate 1 |
= arrowhead-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two retrorse, generally triangular lobes, one to either side. |
spurred |
= calcarate |
base |
|
Having a relatively slender protrusion resembling a spur. |
arrowhead-shaped 1 |
= sagittate |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two retrorse, generally triangular lobes, one to either side. |
tailed 2 |
= caudate |
base |
|
With one or more relatively slender, retrorse basal enations or appendages. |
obtriangular 1 |
= cuneate, wedge-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Attenuate with the sides more or less straight and intersecting at an acute angle. |
calcarate |
= spurred |
base |
|
Having a relatively slender protrusion resembling a spur. |
cuneate 1 |
= obtriangular, wedge-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Attenuate with the sides more or less straight and intersecting at an acute angle. |
decurrent |
|
base |
laminar structure |
Having the lamina prolonged and adherent to the supporting axis beneath the point of vascular insertion, the prolonged portion termed a sterigma. |
obtuse 2 |
= blunt |
base |
|
Bluntly angular; having an angular proximal portion whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
hastate 1 |
= halberd-head-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two generally triangular lobes, one to either side, oriented more or less perpendicular to the central axis. |
rounded |
|
base |
|
Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
blunt 2 |
= obtuse |
base |
|
Bluntly angular; having an angular proximal portion whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |