pericolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented such that some or all of them cross meridians. |
exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
panicle-like |
= paniculiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a panicle, but not strictly such. |
diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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. |
stipitate |
< stalked |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |
capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
…sulcate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of sulci indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monosulcate, polysulcate, 3-sulcate. |
naked 3 |
= achlamydeous |
architecture |
flower |
Lacking a perianth. |
apocarpous |
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architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having two or more simple pistils (carpels). |
clathrate |
= cancellate, latticed |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having portions of the blade naturally devoid of any but vascular tissue, which forms an open lattice in those areas. |
heteroblastic |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
plant |
Having juvenile and mature leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
monochasiform |
= monochasium-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a monochasium, but not strictly such. |
pinnate |
> pinnatifid, pinnatisect |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of leaflets inserted at different points along and to either side of the axis, from which those on each side diverge more or less in parallel; or lobed (cleft, divided, parted, segmented), incised or ribbed in a similar, feather-like pattern. Unless qualified to indicate otherwise, this term usually is understood to mean "pinnately once-compound." See also imparipinnate, palmatipinnate, paripinnate, …pinnate, pinnatifid. |
ramous |
= branched, ramiform, ramose |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
stalked 3 |
= petiolate |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a petiole. |
fenestrate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
baccate |
= berry-like |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a berry. |
disciform 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are usually pistillate and that have relatively slender actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of florets that are bisexual or functionally staminate and that have relatively broader actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
anisopetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals unequal in size and/or shape. |
simple 1 |
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architecture |
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Externally unitary and comprising only one basic morphological unit; not compound in either sense of that term. |
…styled |
= …stylous |
architecture |
flower, pistil |
Having the number of styles indicated by the prefix; as in five-styled. |
pericolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Pericolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
paniculate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more panicles. |