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petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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pseudopetiolate |
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architecture |
leaf |
Having a distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion that is evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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heterophyllous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape, either on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
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…sulcate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of sulci indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monosulcate, polysulcate, 3-sulcate. |
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isopolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves similar. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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even-pinnate |
= paripinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an even number of members, none truly terminal. |
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secund 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the pedicels oriented such that the main bodies of all the flowers lie to one side of the bearing axis. |
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bracted |
= bracteate |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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dichasiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more simple or compound dichasia. See also cincinnate, cymose, cymulose, helicoid-cymose, monochasiate, scorpioid-cymose. |
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gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
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zygomorphic |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Bilaterally symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along only one median logitudinal plane. |
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runnering |
= sarmentose, stoloniferous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing runners (stolons), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
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one-lipped |
= unilabiate; < labiate, lipped |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one lip-like structure. |
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…petalous |
= …petaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in pentapetalous. |
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heteropolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
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isosepalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having the sepals essentially alike in size and shape. |
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clasping |
= amplexicaulous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having two distinct basal lobes that partially or fully encircle the supporting axis. See also connate-perfoliate, perfoliate. |
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discoid 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all have actinomorphic corollas and that are all bisexual, or all functionally staminate, or all functionally pistillate; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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secund 2 |
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architecture |
stem |
Having the petioles oriented such that the main bodies of all the leaves lie to one side of the bearing stem. |
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spinescent |
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architecture |
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Becoming spinose. |
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…headed |
= …cephalous |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in three-headed, few-headed, 6-headed. |
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actinocytic |
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architecture |
stomate |
Having several subsidiary cells oriented radially to its center. |
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bracteolate |
= bractleted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracteoles (bractlets, prophylls). |
