homostylous |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant, flower |
Having styles that do not differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
pericolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Pericolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
diffuse-rooted |
> fibrous-rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Having a dense system of adventitious, slender roots that arise from the base of the main stem and functionally replace an evanescent primary root. See also taprooted. |
stomate-bearing |
= stomatiferous |
architecture |
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Having stomates present in the epidermis. |
gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
simple 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular and unbranched. |
inflorescence 1 |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing flowers; most appropriately described using adjectival terms. |
foliate |
= leaf-bearing |
architecture |
plant, stem |
Bearing leaves. |
hypostom(at)ic |
= hypostomatous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the abaxial surface. |
homomorphic |
> homocladic, homophyllous, homostylous |
architecture |
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Occurring in only one form within the taxon in point. |
spathe-like |
= spathaceous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Resembling a spathe. |
…pinnate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order pinnate; as in bipinnate, tripinnate. |
eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
aposepalous |
= chorisepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
liguliferous |
= ligulate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
cyathiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cyathia. |
taprooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having a taproot. See also diffuse-rooted, fibrous-rooted. |
trabeculate |
< septate |
architecture |
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Having one or more trabeculae. |
pulvinate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Having a pulvinus. |
cotyloid |
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architecture |
flower |
Having general adnation among the different sets of floral structures, thus having the ovary inferior and/or having a floral tube. |
stomatiferous |
= stomate-bearing |
architecture |
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Having stomates present in the epidermis. |
digitate |
= palmate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of leaflets all inserted at a common point and diverging from one another; or lobed (cleft, divided, parted, segmented), incised or ribbed in a similar hand-like pattern. Unless qualified to indicate otherwise, this term usually is understood to mean "palmately once-compound." See also …palmate, palmatifid, palmatipinnate, ternate. |
microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
stalked 1 |
= pedicellate |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
eglandular |
= glandless |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |