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continuous 2 |
= solid |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
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hypostomatous |
= hypostom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the abaxial surface. |
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drupaceous |
|
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a drupe. |
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alate 2 |
= saccate, vesiculate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations that resemble sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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ramous |
= branched, ramiform, ramose |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
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rubiaceous |
= paracytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having one or more subsidiary cells to either side, all oriented parallel to its long axis. |
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epistomatous |
= epistom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
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microphyllous |
|
architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
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spathaceous 1 |
|
architecture |
plant, inflorescence |
Bearing a spathe or spathes. |
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gamotepalous |
= syntepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having two or more tepals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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stemless |
= acaulous |
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. |
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calyculate 1 |
|
architecture |
capitulum (head) |
With the involucre subtended by a calyculus; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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corymbiform |
= corymb-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a corymb, but not strictly such. |
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…ciliate |
|
architecture |
|
Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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wiry |
|
architecture |
axis |
Relatively very narrow and elongate, tough, and resiliently flexible. |
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exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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continuous 3 |
|
architecture |
rachilla, rachis |
Not disarticulating at maturity. |
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two-lipped |
= bilabiate; < 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). |
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perfect |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having functional pistil(s) and functional stamen(s) both present, thus bisexual (hermaphroditic). |
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epulvinate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
|
hooded |
= cucullate |
architecture |
|
Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
|
flabelliramous |
= polytomous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem to produce more than three equal derivatives. |
|
spathaceous 2 |
= spathe-like |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Resembling a spathe. |
|
dichotomous |
|
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing two coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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symmetric(al) 1 |
|
architecture |
|
Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
