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autotrophic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Independent of other organisms for its nourishment, itself synthesizing all essential substances not directly available from the non-living environment. |
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saprophytic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Heterotrophic and obtaining essential nourishment directly from the decomposing remains of other organisms. |
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hemiparasitic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Partially parasitic; facultatively heterotrophic to a limited degree and capable of obtaining a portion of its essential nourishment directly from other living organisms, to which no reciprocal benefit accrues. |
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carnivorous |
> insectivorous |
nutrition |
plant |
Capturing animals (usually insects), digesting their tissues by means of exoenzymes secreted by specialized cells or tissues, and assimilating the digested substances as nourishment, especially for nitrogen. |
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symbiotic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Partially dependent for essential nourishment upon other living organisms that derive some reciprocal benefit from the relationship. |
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insectivorous |
< carnivorous |
nutrition |
plant, structure |
Capturing insects, digesting their tissues by means of exoenzymes secreted by specialized cells or tissues, and assimilating the digested substances as nourishment, especially for nitrogen. |
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heterotrophic |
|
nutrition |
plant |
Dependent upon other organisms for some or all of its essential nourishment, assimilating such materials either directly from the other organisms, living or dead, or from their products. |
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fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
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hydrocyanic |
= almondy |
odor |
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Pungently fruity like almonds, due to the presence of hydrocyanin or a closely related compound. |
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fruity |
|
odor |
|
Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
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aromatic |
|
odor |
|
Having a distinct odor; usually restricted to pleasant odors. |
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cloying |
|
odor |
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Sickeningly sweet. |
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fetid |
= putrid |
odor |
|
Stinking like rotting flesh. |
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odorless |
|
odor |
|
Lacking a distinct odor. |
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spicy |
|
odor |
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Pleasantly pungent, reminiscent of spices. |
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acrid 2 |
= pungent |
odor |
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Sharp or astringent. |
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pungent 2 |
= acrid |
odor |
|
Sharp or astringent. |
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putrid |
= fetid |
odor |
|
Stinking like rotting flesh. |
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almondy |
= hydrocyanic |
odor |
|
Pungently fruity like almonds, due to the presence of hydrocyanin or a closely related compound. |
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incumbent 2 |
|
orientation |
anther |
Oppositely parallel to the filament on the adaxial side of the latter. |
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decurved |
|
orientation |
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Curving abaxially. See also incurved. |
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incurved |
|
orientation |
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Curving adaxially. See also decurved. |
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retrorse |
|
orientation |
|
Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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deflexed |
= reflexed |
orientation |
|
Abruptly bent outward (abaxially), downward, or backward at some point along its length. |
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salient |
= patent, porrect, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
