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ventrifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached on the adaxial side well above the base. |
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fixed |
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fixation |
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Attached to the bearing structure in a manner allowing no significant rotation or declination in relation to it. |
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cuneate 1 |
= obtriangular, wedge-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Attenuate with the sides more or less straight and intersecting at an acute angle. |
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obtriangular 1 |
= cuneate, wedge-shaped |
base |
laminar structure |
Attenuate with the sides more or less straight and intersecting at an acute angle. |
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wedge-shaped 1 |
= cuneate, obtriangular |
base |
laminar structure |
Attenuate with the sides more or less straight and intersecting at an acute angle. |
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spire-shaped |
= strombuliform |
solid shape |
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Attenuate-spiral in three dimensions, the coils contiguous or not. |
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strombuliform |
= spire-shaped |
solid shape |
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Attenuate-spiral in three dimensions, the coils contiguous or not. |
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orientation |
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CHARACTER |
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Attitude or direction with respect to some explicit or implicit structure(s) or context. The lexicon relating to orientation includes some conceptually complex terms whose meanings also embrace aspects of structural composition or shape. Overlaps conceptually with arrangement, habit, insertion, position, and shape. |
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infrapetiolar |
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insertion |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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infrapetiolar |
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position |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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superposed 2 |
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insertion |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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superposed 2 |
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position |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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pear-shaped |
= pyriform |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
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pyriform |
= pear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
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vermiculate |
= worm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
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worm-shaped |
= vermiculate |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
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polygamodioecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Basically dioecious but with some plants bearing some bisexual flowers. |
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rectangular |
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plane shape |
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Basically four-sided, the sides more or less straight, those of each opposing pair more or less parallel, the generalized angles between adjacent sides approximately 90°. |
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capitate 3 |
= capitiform, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
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capitiform |
= capitate, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
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head-shaped |
= capitate, capitiform |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
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polygamomonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Basically monoecious but with some or all plants bearing some bisexual flowers. |
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fiddle-shaped |
= pandurate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |
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pandurate |
= fiddle-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |
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lyrate |
= lyre-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with several proximal concavities on each side, these sinuses opposite one another in pairs and decreasing in size toward the base; like the frontal outline of a lyre. |
