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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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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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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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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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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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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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anchoring |
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habit |
trichome |
Serving as a means of attachment to some external support. |
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gregarious |
= clustered |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggregations. See also cespitose. |
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levering |
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habit |
trichome |
Forming part of a pappus and reflexing at maturity, thus helping to loosen the individual fruit (cypsela) from the capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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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. |
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arborescent |
< tree-form |
habit |
plant |
Developing the character of a tree. See also arboreous, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
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infrapetiolar |
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insertion |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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staminodial |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the staminodes. |
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pseudoaxillary |
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insertion |
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Only apparently axillary; originally extraaxillary but displaced to the axil by differential growth during development. |
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septal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the septum or septa. |
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subapical |
= subterminal |
insertion |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
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acrocaulous |
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insertion |
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At or very near the stem tip. |
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epibracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the bracts, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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antipetalous |
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insertion |
equivalent floral structures |
Each inserted directly above or below a petal. In place of this term, the phrase "opposite the petals" is often used, but that contradicts the sense of opposite as otherwise employed (arrangement of lateral structures along an axis) and should be avoided. |
