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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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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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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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awned |
= aristate, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more awns (aristae, bristles, setae). |
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spinose 1 |
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apex |
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Terminating in a rigid, tapering, sharp continuation of the central primary vein. See also spinulose. |
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notched |
= emarginate |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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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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emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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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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…dentate 1 |
= …-toothed |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in tridentate. |
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spinulose |
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apex |
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Finely spinose. |
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obtuse 1 |
= blunt |
apex |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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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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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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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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bristled |
= aristate, awned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more bristles (aristae, awns, setae). |
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beaked |
= rostrate |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also small-beaked (rostellate). |
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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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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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hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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blunt 1 |
= obtuse |
apex |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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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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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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sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely 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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mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
