face |
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A relatively large, flat or shallowly curved portion of the external surface of a three-dimensional structure, bounded by more or less distinct topological discontinuities. |
blister |
= bulla, pustule |
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A relatively coarse, rounded protrusion or convexity. See also papilla. |
bulla pl. bullae |
= blister, pustule |
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A relatively coarse, rounded protrusion or convexity. See also papilla. |
pustule |
= blister, bulla |
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A relatively coarse, rounded protrusion or convexity. See also papilla. |
flange |
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A relatively broad, circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
limb 1 |
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A relatively broad portion of a syntepalous (gamotepalous) perianth, synsepalous (gamosepalous) calyx, or sympetalous (gamopetalous) corolla distal to a narrower tube, spreading outward or ascending from the tube, comprising the distinct or connate distal portions of the tepals, sepals, or petals; except in bisexual or staminate disc florets of Asteraceae (Compositae). |
diplotegium pl. diplotegia |
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fruit |
A pyxis with accessory tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from an inferior ovary. |
indusium pl. indusia |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
coma pl. comae, comas |
< tuft |
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A prominent single tuft of relatively long and slender, flexible, capillate trichomes; esp. from a seed, as in Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae). |
leaf 1 pl. leaves |
= frond, macrophyll (not recommended), megaphyll; > frond, needle |
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A principal, vegetative shoot organ borne laterally from a stem node; its vascular tissues, if any, continuous with those of the stem; undergoing no significant secondary growth; usually more or less bilaterally symmetrical; comprising a distal, usually laminar blade and/or a proximal stalk (petiole) or sheath; usually a primary site of photosynthesis. |
macrophyll (not recommended) |
= leaf, megaphyll; > frond, needle |
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A principal, vegetative shoot organ borne laterally from a stem node; its vascular tissues, if any, continuous with those of the stem; undergoing no significant secondary growth; usually more or less bilaterally symmetrical; comprising a distal, usually laminar blade and/or a proximal stalk (petiole) or sheath; usually a primary site of photosynthesis. |
megaphyll |
= leaf, macrophyll (not recommended); > frond, needle |
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A principal, vegetative shoot organ borne laterally from a stem node; its vascular tissues, if any, continuous with those of the stem; undergoing no significant secondary growth; usually more or less bilaterally symmetrical; comprising a distal, usually laminar blade and/or a proximal stalk (petiole) or sheath; usually a primary site of photosynthesis. |
midnerve |
= midrib, midvein; < costa, nerve, rib, vein |
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A primary vein that runs longitudinally through the center of a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also lateral vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
midrib |
= midnerve, midvein; < costa, nerve, rib, vein |
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A primary vein that runs longitudinally through the center of a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also lateral vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
midvein |
= midnerve, midrib; < costa, nerve, rib, vein |
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A primary vein that runs longitudinally through the center of a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also lateral vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
costa pl. costae |
= rib; > midnerve (not recommended), midrib, midvein; >< lateral vein |
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A primary vein of a laminar structure, having a longitudinal course, either medial or lateral, often prominent. See also secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
rib |
= costa; > midnerve (not recommended), midrib, midvein; >< lateral vein |
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A primary vein of a laminar structure, having a longitudinal course, either medial or lateral, often prominent. See also secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
taproot |
< primary root |
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A primary root that remains dominant through the life of the plant as the main axis of a vertically oriented system that penetrates the substrate to a considerable depth. |
bursicle |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
sterigma pl. sterigmata |
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A portion of a lamina that is prolonged and adherent to the supporting axis beneath the point of vascular insertion. |
pollinarium pl. pollinaria |
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A pollinium together with, when present, its stipe and viscidium; the entire unit of pollinium dispersal. |
seedling |
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A plant in the first stages of its growth following emergence from the seed. |
scale 2 |
> lepis, squama, squamella, squamule; < trichome |
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A planate trichome. |
pitcher |
= ascidium, pitcher blade |
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A pitcher-shaped (ascidiform) leaf blade, sometimes lidded (operculate), usually carnivorous; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
pitcher-blade |
= ascidium, pitcher |
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A pitcher-shaped (ascidiform) leaf blade, sometimes lidded (operculate), usually carnivorous; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |