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diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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hypostomatous |
= hypostom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the abaxial surface. |
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baccate |
= berry-like |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a berry. |
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calyculate 1 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
With the involucre subtended by a calyculus; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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exindusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Lacking an indusium. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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hooded |
= cucullate |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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spathaceous 2 |
= spathe-like |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Resembling a spathe. |
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symmetric(al) 1 |
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architecture |
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Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
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stemmed |
= caulescent |
architecture |
plant |
Having at maturity an evident, elongate, aboveground stem or stems from which branches, leaves, and/or reproductive axes arise at one or more levels along its length. |
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dichasiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more simple or compound dichasia. See also cincinnate, cymose, cymulose, helicoid-cymose, monochasiate, scorpioid-cymose. |
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wiry |
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architecture |
axis |
Relatively very narrow and elongate, tough, and resiliently flexible. |
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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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calyculate 2 |
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architecture |
flower |
Subtended by a calyculus (epicalyx). |
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perfect |
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architecture |
flower |
Having functional pistil(s) and functional stamen(s) both present, thus bisexual (hermaphroditic). |
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perfoliate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having a sessile lamina (blade) that uninterruptedly encircles the bearing axis, which thus passes through it at some point within the margin. See also amplexicaulous, connate-perfoliate. |
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knee-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having knee roots. |
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asepalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth |
Lacking sepals. |
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involucrate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Subtended by an involucre. |
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heteroblastic |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
plant |
Having juvenile and mature leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
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stephanocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented meridionally. |
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pseudopetiolate |
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architecture |
leaf |
Having a distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion that is evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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discoid 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all have actinomorphic corollas and that are all bisexual, or all functionally staminate, or all functionally pistillate; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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palmatipinnate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with two orders of leaflets, the first order palmate, the second pinnate. |
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alete |
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architecture |
spore |
Lacking a tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
