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exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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multiciliate |
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architecture |
|
Having several to many cilia. |
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wand-like |
= virgate |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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amplexicaul |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
See amplexicaulous. |
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synandrous |
|
architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens connate. |
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heterophyllous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape, either on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
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pterocaulous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having alate (winged) stems. |
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apolar |
|
architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Lacking morphologically evident polarity. |
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thyrsate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
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fenestrate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
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stalked 5 |
= funiculate |
architecture |
ovule |
Having a funiculus (funicle), by which it is attached to the ovary wall. |
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imperfect |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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…celled |
= …cellular |
architecture |
|
Having the number of cells indicated by the prefix; as in one-celled, few-celled, 5-celled. |
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anisosepalous |
|
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having sepals unequal in size and/or shape. |
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sheathing 1 |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Differentiated into distinct proximal and distal portions, the former terete or involute and closely enclosing the bearing axis above the point of insertion. |
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…tepaled |
= …tepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having the number of tepals indicated by the prefix; as in six-tepaled. |
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multicipital |
= many-stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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floriferous |
= flower-bearing |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
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sepal-like |
= sepaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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astomatiferous |
= non-stomate-bearing |
architecture |
|
Lacking stomates in the epidermis. |
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raceme-like |
= racemiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a raceme, but not strictly such. |
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amplexicaulous var. amplexicaul |
= clasping |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having two distinct basal lobes that partially or fully encircle the bearing axis. See also connate-perfoliate, perfoliate. |
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glomerate |
= agglomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
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cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
|
Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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irregular 1 |
|
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Imperfectly actinomorphic, the constituents disposed symmetrically but unequal in size and/or shape. See also peloric. |
