ringent |
= gaping, personate |
architecture |
corolla |
Bilabiate with the upper lip inwardly arcuate, the lower lip prominent and appressed to the upper at the level of the throat or junction of tube and limb, which is thus normally occluded but which gapes, resembling an open mouth, when the whole is compressed laterally. |
amentate |
= catkinate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more aments. |
heteropolar |
|
architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
aposepalous |
= chorisepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
…pterous |
= …winged |
architecture |
|
Having the number of alae (wings) indicated by the prefix; as in dipterous, polypterous, tetrapterous. |
tree-like |
= dendritic |
architecture |
|
Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
chaffy 2 |
= paleate |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
reticulate 1 |
= anastomosing, net-like, netted |
architecture |
tertiary and higher-order laminar veins, excl veinlets |
Interconnecting more or less regularly. |
vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
neuter |
|
architecture |
flower, floret |
Lacking both stamens and pistils. |
…headed |
= …cephalous |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in three-headed, few-headed, 6-headed. |
caryophyllaceous |
= diacytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having two subsidiary cells that together surround it, their common wall oriented perpendicular to its long axis. |
stalked 6 |
= stipitate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |
stalkless |
= exstipitate, sessile, unstalked |
architecture |
|
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
inaperturate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Lacking an aperture of any type. |
pericolporate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Pericolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
polypetalous |
= apopetalous, choripetalous, dialypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
lipped |
= labiate; > bilabiate, one-lipped, two-lipped, unilabiate |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one or two lip-like structures. |
costate |
= ribbed |
architecture |
laminar structure |
Having one or more costae (ribs). |
flower-bearing |
= floriferous |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
sepaloid |
= sepal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
racemose |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more racemes. |
contractile |
|
architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
branched 1 |
= ramiform, ramose, ramous |
architecture |
axis, vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
headed 1 |
= capitate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more capitula. |