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…colporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix, each containing a pore; as in dicolporate, 3-colporate. |
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drupaceous |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a drupe. |
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rooted |
= radicate |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
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gamopetalous |
= sympetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more petals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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percurrent 2 |
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architecture |
tertiary laminar veins |
Perpendicular to and interconnecting adjacent parallel secondary veins, the secondary and tertiary veins together forming a scalariform pattern. |
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excavate(d) |
= hollow |
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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…seeded |
= …spermous |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the number of seeds indicated by the prefix; as in six-seeded, many-seeded. |
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acute |
= sharp |
apex |
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Sharply angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
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uncinate |
= hamate, hooked |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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bifurcate |
< forked, furcate |
apex |
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Having two terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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muticous |
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apex |
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Lacking a distinct terminal point (when one might be expected). |
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emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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retuse |
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apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
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apiculate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, slender, angular tip that is not notably harder or stiffer than the main body of the structure. See also mucronate, mucronulate. |
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lamellate |
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apex |
laminar structure |
Having two small terminal plates of tissue closely parallel to one another and perpendicular to the plane of the lamina. |
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crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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abrupt |
= truncate |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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caudate 1 |
= tailed |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
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aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
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aristate 2 |
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apex |
pappus scale |
Terminating in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
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notched |
= emarginate |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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cuspidate |
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apex |
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Tapering gradually to a rigid tip composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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rostellate |
= small-beaked |
apex |
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Diminutively rostrate (beaked). |
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cristate |
= crested |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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awned |
= aristate, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more awns (aristae, bristles, setae). |
