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. |
isodiametric |
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architecture |
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Of approximately constant breadth in all median planes. |
syncarpous |
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architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having one or more compound pistils. |
eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
acephalous 1 |
= headless |
architecture |
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Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
sectile |
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architecture |
pollinium |
Having partially separated sectors, as though cut. |
papilionaceous |
= butterfly-like |
architecture |
corolla |
Having a relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal (the standard, banner or vexillum), two smaller lateral petals (the wings or alae), and two individually smaller but connate or coherent abaxial (lower) petals that together form a carinate structure (the keel or carina), the whole loosely resembling a butterfly with wings spread. |
anisophyllous |
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architecture |
plant, axis |
Heterophyllous and bearing leaves of two or more distinct sizes or shapes on the same plants. |
crowded |
= compact, congested |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed very near to one another. |
…pinnate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order pinnate; as in bipinnate, tripinnate. |
thyrsiform |
= thyrse-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a thyrse, but not strictly such. |
bracteolate |
= bractleted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracteoles (bractlets, prophylls). |
amphistomatous |
= amphistom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on both the adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
labiate |
= lipped; > bilabiate, one-lipped, two-lipped, unilabiate |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members some or all of whose distal portions form one or two lip-like structures. |
tergeminate |
= trigeminous, trijugate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with three orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
polyplicate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Inaperturate with meridional folds, thus appearing longitudinally wrinkled. |
…flowered |
= …floral |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the number of flowers indicated by the prefix; as in few-flowered, single-flowered, three-flowered. |
…sepalous |
= …sepaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having the number of sepals indicated by the prefix; as in tetrasepalous. |
spicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more spikes. |
apolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Lacking morphologically evident polarity. |
isopetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the petals essentially alike in size and shape. |
syncolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having two or more fused or confluent surficial grooves (colpi). |
eramous |
= unbranched |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
rooted |
= radicate |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
compound-lipped |
= syndetocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |