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winged 2 |
= alate, saccate, vesiculate |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations that resemble sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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stalked 1 |
= pedicellate |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
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hollow |
= excavate(d) |
architecture |
axis |
Having pith tissue absent or disintegrating prior to axial maturity, resulting in an uninterrupted cavity running the length of the axis. Semantically, this term and its synonym refer to the axis, not to the pith itself, although the latter application has been traditional. |
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amphistomatous |
= amphistom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on both the adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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cross-shaped 1 |
= cruciate |
architecture |
corolla, perianth |
Having four petals or tepals disposed in pairs of opposite members, the whole resembling a cross when viewed from above. |
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exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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helicoid-cymose |
> cincinnate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more helicoid cymes. See also scorpioid-cymose. |
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chorisepalous |
= aposepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
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polyplicate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Inaperturate with meridional folds, thus appearing longitudinally wrinkled. |
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acephalous 1 |
= headless |
architecture |
|
Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
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apopetalous |
= choripetalous, dialypetalous, polypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
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continuous 1 |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the flowers or branch units distributed evenly along the axis, with no significant interruption. |
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dendritic |
= tree-like |
architecture |
|
Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
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radiant 1 |
|
architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are bisexual, pistillate, or neuter and that have relatively large actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of usually bisexual florets that have relatively small actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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wingless 1 |
= exalate |
architecture |
|
Lacking elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
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monolete |
|
architecture |
spore |
Having a single linear tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from ontogenetic coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
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capsular |
|
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
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pulvinate 1 |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Having a pulvinus. |
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fenestrate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
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stalked 2 |
= pedunculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
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homochlamydeous |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth undifferentiated into distinct proximal and distal envelopes (calyx and corolla); composed of tepals, all essentially alike. |
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virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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prop-rooted |
|
architecture |
plant |
Bearing and buttressed by prop roots. |
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rhizomatous |
|
architecture |
plant |
Having rhizomes. |
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…ciliate |
|
architecture |
|
Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
