lyre-shaped |
= lyrate |
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. |
runcinate |
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plane shape |
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Basically obovate with a series of retrorse, acute lobes on either side, these diminishing in size toward the base. |
halberd-head-shaped 2 |
= hastate |
plane shape |
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Basically triangular with an acute apex and two large, widely divergent basal lobes, each generally triangular and distally acute; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a halberd head. |
hastate 2 |
= halberd-head-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically triangular with an acute apex and two large, widely divergent basal lobes, each generally triangular and distally acute; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a halberd head. |
fistulose |
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solid shape |
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Basically tubular with closed ends. |
induplicate |
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aestivation |
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Basically valvate but with each member involute, the lateral abaxial surfaces of adjacent members contiguous. |
pappose |
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architecture |
flower, fruit |
Bearing a pappus; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
comose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing a prominent single tuft of relatively long and slender, flexible, capillate trichomes (coma). |
spathaceous 1 |
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architecture |
plant, inflorescence |
Bearing a spathe or spathes. |
aerial-rooted |
> climbing-rooted |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing aerial roots. |
prop-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and buttressed by prop roots. |
stilt-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and partly supported by stilt roots. |
anther-bearing |
= antheriferous |
architecture |
floral structure |
Bearing anthers. |
antheriferous |
= anther-bearing |
architecture |
floral structure |
Bearing anthers. |
ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
climbing-rooted |
< aerial-rooted |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing climbing roots. |
pannose |
< felted |
pubescence |
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Bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. See also panniform. |
hirsute |
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pubescence |
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Bearing coarse, rough, elongate, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also hirtellous. |
tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
liguliflorous |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all are bisexual and have zygomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
discoid 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all have actinomorphic corollas and that are all bisexual, or all functionally staminate, or all functionally pistillate; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
trigamous |
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reproduction |
inflorescence |
Bearing flowers of three differing sexual constitutions; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
digamous |
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reproduction |
inflorescence |
Bearing flowers of two differing sexual constitutions; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
floriferous |
= flower-bearing |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
flower-bearing |
= floriferous |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |