bigeminate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with two orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
acaulous |
= stemless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking any evident, elongate, aboveground stem, other than reproductive axes, at maturity, the leaves and/or reproductive axes arising essentially at substrate level from a very short axis with highly congested nodes. |
…porate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of pores indicated by the prefix; as in monoporate, polyporate, triporate. |
septate 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular to multicellular with transverse partitions (septa) that are common cell walls (intercellular) and/or intrusions from longitudinal cell walls (intracellular). |
chambered |
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architecture |
pith |
Interrupted by cavities that are more or less regularly spaced along the axis and that result from disintegration of tissue prior to axis maturity. |
pedatifid |
= pedate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
trigeminous |
= tergeminate, trijugate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with three orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
epistomatous |
= epistom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
geminicolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having four or more surficial grooves (colpi) disposed in pairs. |
amphicarpous |
= amphicarpic |
architecture |
plant |
Producing two morphologically or phenologically different types of fruit. |
colporate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (colpi), each containing a pore. |
arillate |
|
architecture |
seed |
Having an aril. |
lax |
= loose |
architecture |
|
Having equivalent constituent parts disposed distant from one another. |
pachycaulous |
|
architecture |
plant |
Having thick, more or less succulent stems. |
adenopetalous 1 |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals produced from glandular structures. |
dialypetalous |
= apopetalous, choripetalous, polypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
naked 1 |
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architecture |
|
Lacking a covering that might have been expected. |
bilabiate |
= two-lipped; < labiate, lipped |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members whose distal portions form two unequal, opposing, lip-like structures, one adaxial, one abaxial. See also gaping (personate, ringent). |
radiant 1 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are bisexual, pistillate, or neuter and that have relatively large actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of usually bisexual florets that have relatively small actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
pulvinate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Having a pulvinus. |
trijugate |
= tergeminate, trigeminous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with three orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
epulvinate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
…seeded |
= …spermous |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the number of seeds indicated by the prefix; as in six-seeded, many-seeded. |
pappose |
|
architecture |
flower, fruit |
Bearing a pappus; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
disarticulating |
|
architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |