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suffruticose |
< subshrubby |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a suffrutex (subshrub, undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, suffrutescent, woody-clumping. |
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fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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connate-perfoliate |
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architecture |
opposite laminar structures |
Having the bases in each pair fused and together encircling the bearing axis. See also amplexicaulous, perfoliate. |
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syngenesious |
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fusion |
flower, androecium |
Having the anthers connate or coherent and forming a ring. |
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protandrous |
= proterandrous; < dichogamous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium become functionally mature before the gynoecium. |
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proterandrous |
= protandrous; < dichogamous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium become functionally mature before the gynoecium. |
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dichogamous |
> protandrous, proterandrous, protogynous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium and gynoecium becoming functionally mature at different times. |
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homogamous 1 |
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maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium and gynoecium become functionally mature concurrently. |
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gynandrous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the androecium adnate to the gynoecium. |
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epinastic |
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development |
laminar structure |
Having the adaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the abaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than that of the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole revolute or recurved. |
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hyponastic |
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development |
laminar structure |
Having the abaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the adaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole involute or incurved. |
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atropous |
= orthotropous |
orientation |
ovule |
Having the (straight) ovule sessile or funiculate and divaricate, the micropyle facing away from the ovary wall (placenta). |
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orthotropous |
= atropous |
orientation |
ovule |
Having the (straight) ovule sessile or funiculate and divaricate, the micropyle facing away from the ovary wall (placenta). |
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campylotropous |
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orientation |
ovule |
Having the (reniform) ovule curved toward the ovary wall, the micropyle facing the wall, and the funiculus attached near the center of the concave side, the curvature and displacement of funicular insertion due to asymmetrical growth during ontogenesis. |
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discolor(ous) |
> bicolor(ous) |
coloration |
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Having surfaces of different colors; esp. leaves with differently colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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haplocheilic |
= simple-lipped |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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simple-lipped |
= haplocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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compound-lipped |
= syndetocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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syndetocheilic |
= compound-lipped |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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homostylous |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant, flower |
Having styles that do not differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
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heterostylous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant, flower |
Having styles that differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
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dorsiventral |
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architecture |
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Having structurally distinct abaxial (dorsal) and adaxial (ventral) portions or aspects. |
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cut |
= incised, lacerate, torn; > laciniate, slashed |
plane shape |
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Having straight to irregular lines of separation extending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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incised |
= cut, lacerate, torn; > laciniate, slashed |
plane shape |
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Having straight to irregular lines of separation extending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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lacerate |
= cut, incised, torn; > laciniate, slashed |
plane shape |
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Having straight to irregular lines of separation extending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
