…stamened |
= …androus |
architecture |
flower, floret, androecium |
Having the number of stamens indicated by the prefix; as in twelve-stamened. |
prop-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and buttressed by prop roots. |
eglandular |
= glandless |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |
alate 2 |
= saccate, vesiculate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations that resemble sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
runnering |
= sarmentose, stoloniferous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing runners (stolons), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
…gynous |
= …pistillate, …pistilled |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having the number of pistils indicated by the prefix; as in monogynous, pentagynous, polygynous. |
decompound |
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architecture |
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Comprising two or more orders of equivalent substructural entities; multiply compound. |
polysepalous |
= aposepalous, chorisepalous, dialysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
spicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more spikes. |
isopetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the petals essentially alike in size and shape. |
syncolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having two or more fused or confluent surficial grooves (colpi). |
eramous |
= unbranched |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
rooting |
= radicant |
architecture |
structure |
Developing adventitious roots; esp. stems or leaves. |
stilt-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and partly supported by stilt roots. |
branched 2 |
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architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Dividing within the areole, each branch ending blindly. |
trichotomocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having a triradiate surficial groove (colpus). |
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. |
epaleate |
= naked |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Lacking paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae) |
valleculate |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate |
architecture |
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Having one or more relatively narrow and shallow longitudinal depressions; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
bigeminate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with two orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
unbranched 1 |
= eramous |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
polytomous |
= flabelliramous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing more than three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
connate-perfoliate |
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architecture |
opposite laminar structures |
Having the bases in each pair fused and together encircling the bearing axis. See also amplexicaulous, perfoliate. |