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raphal |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced or resulting from a modification of the raphe. |
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funicular |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of the funiculus (funicle). |
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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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involucral |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of a persistent involucre investing the seed. |
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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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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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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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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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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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porosity |
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CHARACTER |
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Presence and disposition of vessels (pores) in wood (xylem). |
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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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location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
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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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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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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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spicy |
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odor |
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Pleasantly pungent, reminiscent of spices. |
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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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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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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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fusion |
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CHARACTER |
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Physical connection of equivalent or dissimilar structural entities (as recognized on evolutionary, morphological, anatomical, ontogenetic, and/or topological grounds). Terms that denote the interconnection of equivalent structures are predicated on a single collective subject and suffice in themselves to describe the condition; e.g., "sepals connate." However, those that denote the connection of dissimilar structures require explicit notation of each type of structure involved, in either a compound-subject construction or else a single-subject/object-of-preposition construction; e.g., "stamens and corolla adnate" or "stamens adnate to corolla." Qualifying detail is sometimes appropriate; e.g., "filaments connate basally," "filaments adnate to the petals over their lower halves." |
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peltate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Petiolate with the petiole attached to the abaxial face of the blade at some point within the margin and otherwise free from the blade. |
