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palmatifid |
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plane shape |
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Palmately lobate; having three or more lobes whose longitudinal axes radiate from a common point. |
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palmatifid |
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solid shape |
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Palmately lobate; having three or more lobes whose longitudinal axes radiate from a common point. |
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pedate |
= pedatifid |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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pedatifid |
= pedate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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ternate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmate with three leaflets. |
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imbricate(d) 2 |
= overlapping |
arrangement |
planate structures |
Overlapping one another laterally and/or longitudinally. |
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overlapping 2 |
= imbricate(d) |
arrangement |
planate structures |
Overlapping one another laterally and/or longitudinally. |
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plane shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall two-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, and position. |
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solid shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall three-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, position, relief, and texture (as to thickness). |
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extrafloral |
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insertion |
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Outside and proximal to the flower; esp. nectaries. |
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extrafloral |
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position |
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Outside and proximal to the flower; esp. nectaries. |
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incumbent 2 |
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orientation |
anther |
Oppositely parallel to the filament on the adaxial side of the latter. |
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decussate |
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arrangement |
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Opposite with successive pairs radially oriented at right angles to one another, thus polystichous with four equidistant ranks. |
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extrorse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening outwardly, on the abaxial side. See also introrse, latrorse. |
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latrorse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening laterally, on the tangential sides. See also extrorse, introrse. |
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introrse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening inwardly, on the adaxial side. See also extrorse, latrorse. |
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night-blooming |
= nocturnal |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the nighttime. |
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nocturnal |
= night-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the nighttime. |
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evening-blooming |
= vespertine |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the evening. |
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vespertine |
= evening-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the evening. |
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day-blooming |
= diurnal |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the daytime. |
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diurnal |
= day-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the daytime. |
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explosive |
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dehiscence |
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Opening abruptly with almost instantaneous aperture formation and release of accumulated structural tensions, the contents thus forcibly expelled. |
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derivation |
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CHARACTER |
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Ontogenetic origin. |
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pseudoterminal |
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insertion |
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Only apparently terminal; originally subapical but displaced toward the apex by differential growth during development. |
