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subshrubby |
> suffrutescent, suffruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a subshrub (undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, woody-clumping. |
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reclining |
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habit |
axis |
Inserted above substrate level and recurved, the distal portion procumbent. |
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supine |
= procumbent, prostrate, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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viny |
> lianous |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
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fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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endophytic |
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habit |
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Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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stigmatic |
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habit |
trichome |
Borne on the surface of the stigma and serving to hold pollen deposited there, variously shaped, often glandular, sometimes contractile. |
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hemiepiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
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motile |
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habit |
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Able to translocate by intrinsic means, as by flagellar propulsion. |
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clustered 2 |
= gregarious |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggretations. See also cespitose. |
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prostrate |
= procumbent, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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stinging |
= urent |
habit |
trichome |
Setaceous or capillate and ejecting an irritating fluid when the apex is dislocated by external pressure, the ejection accomplished by release of existing internal fluid pressure or by contraction of the whole trichome. |
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twining |
= voluble |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
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voluble |
= twining |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
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cryptocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) remaining inside the seed coat. |
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phanerocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) emerging from the seed coat. |
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coherent |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
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fasciate(d) |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Abnormally proliferated in size and/or number and more or less connate, the result often monstrous. |
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discrete |
= distinct |
fusion |
equivalent structures |
Not fused or joined with one another in any degree. |
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free |
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fusion |
dissimilar structure(s) |
Not fused with or joined to any other dissimilar structure(s). |
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connate |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Intimately fused, with strong histological continuity. |
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distinct |
= discrete |
fusion |
equivalent structures |
Not fused or joined with one another in any degree. |
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adherent |
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fusion |
dissimilar structure(s) |
Superficially joined with or to one or more other dissimilar structures, the connection(s) with no significant histological continuity. See also coherent. |
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adnate |
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fusion |
dissimilar structure(s) |
Intimately fused with or to one or more other dissimilar structures, the connection(s) with strong histological continuity. See also connate. |
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syngenesious |
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fusion |
flower, androecium |
Having the anthers connate or coherent and forming a ring. |
