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resinous 1 |
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coating |
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Of liquid or hardened resin. |
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unctuous 1 |
= greasy, oily, oleaginous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
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glutinous 1 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
coating |
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Of a sticky or slimy substance. |
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checkered 1 |
= tessellate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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pallid |
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coloration |
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Relatively pale; not strongly colored. |
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striate 1 |
= streaked |
coloration |
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Having an overall pattern of fine, more or less parallel, lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
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tessellate 1 |
= checkered |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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lineolate 1 |
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coloration |
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Finely lineate, the lines short and often irregularly oriented. |
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striped |
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coloration |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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ocellate |
= eyespotted |
coloration |
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Having a more or less circular area that differes in hue and/or intensity from the remainder of the structure; esp. a corolla with such an area at its center. |
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blotched |
= maculate, spotted |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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mottled |
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coloration |
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Having one or more indistinctly delineated, irregularly shaped, areas of varying size and contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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punctate 1 |
= dotted |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also puncticulate (small-dotted). |
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puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
coloration |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
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aciculate |
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coloration |
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Having fine, irregularly oriented, straight streaks of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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eyespotted |
= ocellate |
coloration |
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Having a more or less circular area that differes in hue and/or intensity from the remainder of the structure; esp. a corolla with such an area at its center. |
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netted 2 |
= reticulate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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cryptic |
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coloration |
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Similar to its natural background, from which it is not readily distinguished. |
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spotted |
= blotched, maculate |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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iridescent |
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coloration |
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Reflecting a pattern colors from throughout the visible spectrum, the pattern changing with the angle of view. |
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concolor(ous) |
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coloration |
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Uniform in hue and intensity of color; esp. leaves with identically colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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pellucid |
= hyaline; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
