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weeping |
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architecture |
plant |
Having elongate, flexible, pendent branches. |
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…foliolate |
= …leafleted |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of the number of leaflets indicated by the prefix, arranged either pinnately or palmately; as in bifoliolate, pentafoliolate, trifoliolate. See also conjugate, one-leafleted (single-leafleted, unifoliolate), unijugate. |
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continuous 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the flowers or branch units distributed evenly along the axis, with no significant interruption. |
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pedunculate |
< stalked |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
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syntepalous |
= gamotepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having two or more tepals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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lidded |
= operculate |
architecture |
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Having a lid (operculum). |
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andropetalous 1 |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having petaloid, sterile stamens. |
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complete |
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architecture |
flower |
Having all sets of basic floral structures (calyx and corolla, or else undifferentiated perianth; androecium; and gynoecium) present and functionally normal. |
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rhipidiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more rhipidia. |
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soboliferous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having several, loosely clumped, principal stems that arise from a common underground stem system, each distinct above ground level. |
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pistillate |
= carpellate (not recommended) |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
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dichlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth differentiated into a distinct calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals). |
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scaly 2 |
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architecture |
bud, bulb |
Invested by scale-like (squamiform) structures. |
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funiculate |
< stalked |
architecture |
ovule |
Having a funiculus (funicle), by which it is attached to a placenta of the ovary wall. |
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personate |
= gaping, ringent |
architecture |
corolla |
Bilabiate with the upper lip inwardly arcuate, the lower lip prominent and appressed to the upper at the level of the throat or junction of tube and limb, which is thus normally occluded but which gapes, resembling an open mouth, when the whole is compressed laterally. |
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naked 4 |
= epaleate |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Lacking paleae; in Asteraceae (Compositae) |
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cincinnate |
< helicoid-cymose |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cincinni. |
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one-lipped |
= unilabiate; < labiate, lipped |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one lip-like structure. |
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deliquescent 1 |
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architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Branching laterally and repeatedly such that the initial axis loses its prominence over the length of the structure and seems to dissolve into the succesive orders of branches. See also excurrent. |
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actinomorphic |
= regular |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Radially symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along any median longitudinal plane. |
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foliose 1 |
|
architecture |
stem |
Bearing many leaves. |
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…seriate 1 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Multicellular with the number of longitudinal columns of superposed cells indicated by the prefix; as in biseriate, multiseriate, uniseriate. |
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continuous 2 |
= solid |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
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…stylous |
= …styled |
architecture |
flower, pistil |
Having the number of styles indicated by the prefix; as in monostylous, pentastylous, polystylous. |
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capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
