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polished |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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reticulate 3 |
= netted |
relief |
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Having prominulous, more or less regularly interconnected lines. |
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alveolate |
= honeycombed |
relief |
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Having generally uniform, regularly and closely disposed, transversely polygonal depressions overall, the pattern resembling the external aspect of a honeycomb. |
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pitted |
= foveate |
relief |
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Having numerous, small, rounded depressions. See also fine-pitted (foveolate, scrobiculate). |
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fissured |
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relief |
bark |
Split or cracked vertically, diagonally, and/or horizontally in a regular or irregular pattern, the fissures not encircling the stem individually. |
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exfoliating |
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relief |
bark |
Shallowly and distantly fissured, falling away in thin, relatively large patches or sheets. |
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streaked 2 |
= striate; < lineate |
relief |
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Covered with very narrow and shallow, relatively long, more or less straight and parallel depressions. |
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checkered 2 |
= tessellate |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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chewed |
= ruminate |
relief |
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Irregularly convoluted, as if chewed. |
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corrugate 2 |
= rugose, wrinkled |
relief |
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Having irregular, narrow ridges or creases, the intervening areas flat or only slightly concave or convex, appearing overall as though crumpled and then spread out. See also rugulose. |
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striate 2 |
= streaked; < lineate |
relief |
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Covered with very narrow and shallow, relatively long, more or less straight and parallel depressions. |
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puckered |
= blistered, bullate, pustulate |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate, papillose. |
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lineate 2 |
> streaked, striate |
relief |
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Having very narrow, straight, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also lineolate. |
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mamillate |
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relief |
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Bearing mamillae. |
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tessellate 2 |
= checkered |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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lineolate 2 |
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relief |
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Finely lineate, the depressions or protrusions short and often irregularly oriented. |
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blistered |
= bullate, puckered, pustulate |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate (papillose). |
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plated |
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relief |
bark |
Fissured in a more or less regular, anastomosing pattern with distinct, relatively large, undisturbed sectors intervening, the latter ultimately falling away more or less intact after attaining considerable thickness. |
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scrobiculate |
= fine-pitted, foveolate |
relief |
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Finely pitted (foveate). |
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punctate 2 |
= dotted |
relief |
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Having small, round, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also puncticulate (small-dotted). |
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rough 2 |
= scabrate, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
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puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
relief |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
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honeycombed |
= alveolate |
relief |
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Having generally uniform, regularly and closely disposed, transversely polygonal depressions overall, the pattern resembling the external aspect of a honeycomb. |
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spiculate |
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relief |
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Having small, fine, stiff, acute protrusions that resemble little spikes. See also scabridulous (scabrellate, scabrellous, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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scabrate |
= rough, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
