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ensiform |
= sword-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, strongly compressed, the opposite faces plane, parallel, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like a broadsword blade. |
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flask-shaped |
= ampulliform, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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cariniform |
= keel-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basically triangular in transverse section, tapering at one or both ends, the outer edge thus somewhat arcuate, the whole resembling the keel of a boat. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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knot-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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bag-shaped |
= pouch-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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dome-shaped |
= tholiform |
solid shape |
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Convex overall, broadest at the base, and transversely more or less circular to elliptical throughout. |
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torulose |
= knotted |
solid shape |
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Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
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scrotum-shaped |
= scrotiform |
solid shape |
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Saccate (bag-, pouch- or sack-shaped) and somewhat swollen bilaterally in the distal portion; like a scrotum. |
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flattened |
> complanate, compressed, depressed, obcompressed |
solid shape |
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Convex overall but with one or more sides or ends distinctly deviating toward plane, as though pressed or squeezed there. |
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knotted |
= torulose |
solid shape |
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Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
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waisted |
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solid shape |
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Constricted in width or breadth at or near the middle of its length. |
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funnel-shaped |
= funnelform, infundibular |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a narrowly obconic tube and a spreading limb, the transition between them smooth. |
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subulate 2 |
= awl-shaped |
solid shape |
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Slender, essentially terete, and straight, gradually attenuate from a relatively narrow base to a very narrow, blunt to angular apex. |
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obdeltoid |
< three-angled, trigonous, triquetrous |
solid shape |
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Three-angled (trigonous, triquetrous), broadest distally, and regularly attenuate to an angular base; inversely deltoid. |
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acinaciform |
= scimitar-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thin and moderately arcuate with two opposite, plane, broad faces, the degree of curvature increasing distally, thinnest at the convex edge, thicker toward the concave; like a scimitar blade. |
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slipper-shaped |
= calceolate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially hollow interior that is open on one side at the broader end. |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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egg-shaped 2 |
= ovoid |
solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broadest near a bluntly rounded base, and convexly attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like a fowl egg. See also obovoid. |
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knotty |
= knobby, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knot-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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trulloid |
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solid shape |
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Elongate, basically square in transverse section, broadest below the middle, regularly attenuate to angular ends, all faces essentially plane. See also obtrulloid. |
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peripterous |
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solid shape |
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Alate with a single transversely encircling wing. |
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…faced |
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solid shape |
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Having relatively large, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface, of the number indicated by the prefix; as in three-faced. |
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funnelform |
= funnel-shaped, infundibular |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a narrowly obconic tube and a spreading limb, the transition between them smooth. |
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reniform 2 |
= kidney-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thickly elongate and arcuate, circular or compressed-circular in transverse section, each end bluntly rounded; like the generalized shape of a human kidney. |
