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turgid |
= swollen, tumid |
solid shape |
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Engorged in appearance, convex overall with the surface appearing taut, as though from internal pressure. See also inflated, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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cyathiform |
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solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla, pappus |
Having a cupulate tube and an indistinct, erect limb. See also cotyliform, urceolate (urn-shaped). |
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setaceous |
= bristle-shaped, setiform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff; like a bristle. |
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axe-shaped |
= dolabriform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basally terete, becoming strongly compressed toward an abruptly and unilaterally broader apex; like an axe (handle plus head). |
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calceolate |
= slipper-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially hollow interior that is open on one side at the broader end. |
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cross-shaped 2 |
= cruciate |
solid shape |
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Having two elongate, basically straight portions intersecting at a point interior to the ends of each. |
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selliform var. sellaeform |
= saddle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin, broad and long, strongly compound-curved, concavely from end to end and convexly from side to side; like the generalized shape of a saddle. |
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helmet-shaped |
= galeate, galeiform |
solid shape |
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Convex overall with a more or less smoothly curved apex, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a helmet. See also hood-shaped (cucullate, cuculliform), which overlaps conceptually. |
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subspheric(al) |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subrotund, subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost spheric(al), slightly longer than broad. |
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bristle-shaped |
= setaceous, setiform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff. |
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scimitar-shaped |
= acinaciform |
solid shape |
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Thin and moderately arcuate with two opposite, plane, broad faces, the degree of curvature increasing distally, thinnest at the convex edge, thicker toward the concave; like a scimitar blade. |
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fluted |
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solid shape |
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Having rounded to angular longitudinal grooves. |
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lens-shaped 2 |
= biconvex, lenticular |
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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acephalous 2 |
= headless |
solid shape |
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Not terminating in a head-like portion, esp. when one might be expected. |
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…lobed |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in five-lobed. |
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planoconcave |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad faces, one plane and one concave. |
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…gonous |
= …angled |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely straight to concave; as in hexagonous, trigonous. See also deltoid, …gonal (…angular), obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
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setiform |
= bristle-shaped, setaceous |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff; like a bristle. |
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geniculate |
= kneed |
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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axehead-shaped |
= dolabrate |
solid shape |
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Like an axe head oriented cutting edge downward. |
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meniscoid |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite, round, broad faces, one convex and one concave (as viewed externally), the circumferential edge angular or rounded; like a meniscus. See also discoid (disciform), lenticular (biconvex, lens-shaped), patelliform (kneecap-shaped). |
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subspheroid(al) |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost spheroid(al), slightly longer than broad. |
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lingulate |
= tongue-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
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mammiform |
= breast-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
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partite |
? cleft, dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protrusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
