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involucrate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Subtended by an involucre. |
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costate |
= ribbed |
architecture |
laminar structure |
Having one or more costae (ribs). |
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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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contractile |
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architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
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radicate |
= rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
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twisted |
= contorted |
architecture |
axis |
Having a helical pattern of relief and/or coloration along its length. |
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anthelate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more anthelae; esp. in Juncaceae. |
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rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
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Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
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concave-tapered 1 |
= acuminate |
apex |
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Gradually diminishing in width or diameter to a slender tip, the sides longitudinally concave. Corresponds with attenuate for base shape. |
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pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
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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furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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acrid 1 |
= pungent |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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mucronate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, hard point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculate, mucronulate. |
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hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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praemorse |
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apex |
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Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
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mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
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corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
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cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
