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epiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. |
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terrestrial |
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habit |
plant |
Growing upon the ground, usually rooted in it. |
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caespitose |
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habit |
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See cespitose. |
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diurnal |
= day-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the daytime. |
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frutescent |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Developing the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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subshrubby |
> suffrutescent, suffruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a subshrub (undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, woody-clumping. |
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supine |
= procumbent, prostrate, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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viny |
> lianous |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
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reclining |
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habit |
axis |
Inserted above substrate level and recurved, the distal portion procumbent. |
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fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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endophytic |
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habit |
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Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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stigmatic |
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habit |
trichome |
Borne on the surface of the stigma and serving to hold pollen deposited there, variously shaped, often glandular, sometimes contractile. |
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hemiepiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
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motile |
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habit |
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Able to translocate by intrinsic means, as by flagellar propulsion. |
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stinging |
= urent |
habit |
trichome |
Setaceous or capillate and ejecting an irritating fluid when the apex is dislocated by external pressure, the ejection accomplished by release of existing internal fluid pressure or by contraction of the whole trichome. |
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clustered 2 |
= gregarious |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggretations. See also cespitose. |
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prostrate |
= procumbent, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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twining |
= voluble |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
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voluble |
= twining |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
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aquatic |
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habit |
plant |
Growing in water. |
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woody-clumping |
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habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a woody clump. See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like. |
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herbaceous 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Having no significant degree of secondary growth in any part of the shoot, which thus does not develop woody (lignified) tissue. |
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gregarious |
= clustered |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggregations. See also cespitose. |
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anchoring |
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habit |
trichome |
Serving as a means of attachment to some external support. |
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arboreous |
< tree-form |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a tree. See also arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
