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enlarged |
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size |
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Unusually or unexpectedly large. |
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gigantic |
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size |
plant |
Strongly enlarged; unusually or unexpectedly very large throughout. |
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equal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Essentially uniform in extent. See also subequal, unequal. |
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subequal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Nearly uniform in extent. See also equal, unequal. |
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unequal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Distinctly differing in extent. See also equal, subequal. |
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dwarfed |
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size |
plant |
Strongly reduced; unusually or unexpectedly very small throughout. |
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reduced |
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size |
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Unusually or unexpectedly small. |
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gibbous |
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solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the base. |
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kneed |
= geniculate |
solid shape |
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Elongate, abruptly bent, somewhat thicker at the angle, and appearing as though articulate like a leg at the knee. |
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calyciform |
= cup-shaped, cupulate |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
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crown-shaped |
= coroniform |
solid shape |
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Shortly and broadly tubular overall, circumferentially continuous at the base, distally so or not; like a monarch's crown. |
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fungiform |
= mushroom-shaped |
solid shape |
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Having a cylindric base and a considerably broader, pulvinate distal portion; like the generalized form of a mushroom. |
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top-shaped |
= turbinate |
solid shape |
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Broadly obovoid-obconic; like a spinning top. See also pear-shaped (pyriform), obturbinate. |
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obcompressed |
< flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened adaxially and abaxially, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from the upper and lower surfaces, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Used alone, this term usually implies a strong degree of flattening; otherwise, it is often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., obcompressed-lanceoloid. See also compressed (complanate), depressed. |
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patelliform |
= kneecap-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thickly meniscoid, like a human kneecap. |
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half-terete |
= semiterete |
solid shape |
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Terete but flattened on one side. |
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lenticular 2 |
= biconvex, lens-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with two round, convex, opposite broad faces intersecting acutely at the circumferential edge; like a double-convex lens. See also disciform (discoid), meniscoid. |
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lanceoloid |
= lancehead-shaped, lanciform |
solid shape |
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Considerably longer than broad, compressed or not, broadest near the base and somewhat concavely attenuate to the apex, the attenuation in all median longitudinal planes or else largely confined to one, depending upon the extent of compression, if any. See also oblanceoloid (oblanciform). |
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beaded |
= moniliform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, relatively slender, transversely round, and more or less regularly constricted over its length, the whole straight or variously curved; like a necklace of beads. |
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complanate |
= compressed; < flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened bilaterally, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from opposing sides, the external surface otherwise basically convex. This term usually implies a strong degree of flattening. See also depressed, obcompressed. |
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rotate |
= wheel-shaped |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a very short, cupulate tube and a broad, divergent to divaricate limb; Resembling a wheel when viewed from the distal end. |
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rotund |
= globose, globular, orbicular, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
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knob-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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ampulliform |
= flask-shaped, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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semiobterete |
= half-obterete |
solid shape |
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Inversely semiterete; obterete but flattened on one side. |
