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epiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
plane shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
plane shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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spicy |
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odor |
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Pleasantly pungent, reminiscent of spices. |
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contortuplicate 1 |
= torsive |
aestivation |
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Plicate and contorted. |
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torsive |
= contortuplicate |
aestivation |
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Plicate and contorted. |
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pollinial |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Polyadal with the grains of individual thecae (pollen sacs), or of fused thecae, compacted and forming tightly coherent masses (pollinia) that constitute the basic dispersal units, these sometimes distally attenuate to a sterile caudicle (translator arm), sometimes united by caudicles in groups of two or more, the caudicle(s) sometimes attached to a viscidium, either directly or through an intervening stipe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
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valvate 3 |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Poricidal with the pores formed by the raising of small flaps (valves) in the exterior wall. |
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location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
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commissure |
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FEATURE |
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Precisely, the joint or common boundary between the facing surfaces of two coherent or mutually appressed structures such as mericarps or stigmas, but traditionally (though imprecisely) applied to such a facing surface itself. |
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porosity |
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CHARACTER |
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Presence and disposition of vessels (pores) in wood (xylem). |
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centrifugal |
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development |
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Proceeding away from the center, thus more advanced centrally than peripherally within a given frame of reference. |
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acropetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the apex, thus more advanced basally or proximally than apically or distally within a given frame of reference. |
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basipetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the base, thus more advanced apically or distally than basally or proximally within a given frame of reference. |
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centripetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the center, thus more advanced peripherally than centrally within a given frame of reference. |
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creeping |
= repent |
habit |
axis |
Procumbent and rooting adventitiously at intervals along its length. |
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repent |
= creeping |
habit |
axis |
Procumbent and rooting adventitiously at intervals along its length. |
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involucral |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of a persistent involucre investing the seed. |
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integumentary |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of one or both seed integuments. |
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funicular |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of the funiculus (funicle). |
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raphal |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced or resulting from a modification of the raphe. |
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oil-secreting |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding an oily substance, often aromatic; when oil-secreting glands are indicated in the nominative, often they are called simply oil glands. |
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laticiferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding latex. |
