lanuginose |
< cottony |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. |
carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
solid shape |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
coloration |
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CHARACTER |
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Hue(s), intensity(ies), and/or pattern (if any) of coloring. When more than one hue and/or intensity is involved, a term describing the pattern of contrast will be applicable, and the description as a whole should be phrased to indicate the particular role of each in the pattern; e.g., "ovaries striate, yellow on green"; "petals pink, spotted yellow basally"; "sepals green, suffused with red". |
single-veined |
= hyphodromous, one-veined |
venation |
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Having one median, primary vein and no other venation externally evident. |
ensate |
= sword-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like the outline of the lateral face of a broadsword blade. |
papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
obsolete (not recommended) |
= rudimentary; > vestigial |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa. |
surface |
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FEATURE |
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The exterior or bounding area or layer of any structure, regarded as being infinitely thin; usually described as to relief, reflectance, and/or vesture. |
replicate |
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vernation |
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Each with the distal portion of its blade recurved, paralleling and contiguous with the proximal portion. |
megasporangium pl. megasporangia |
= macrosporangium (not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces megaspores. |
radical |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
knobby |
= knotty, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knob-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
calyptra pl. calyptrae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A distal hood- or lid-like portion that detaches as a unit from the remainder of the structure; esp. in some Papaveraceae the unopened calyx that separates from the rest of the flower at anthesis. |
presence |
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CHARACTER |
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Occurrence within the context in point. |
flexible |
= pliable, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
subpetiolar |
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insertion |
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Just below the point of petiole insertion. |
setiform |
= bristle-shaped, setaceous |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff; like a bristle. |
eccentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry not coincident with that of the context of reference. |
bract 2 (strict sense) |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any primary or first-order lateral structure ontogenetically and anatomically analogous with, and therefore presumably homologous with, but relatively smaller than, a leaf, especially when subtending an inflorescence, other reproductive structure, or portion thereof; putatively, an evolutionarily reduced leaf. |
piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
nodulose |
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solid shape |
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Diminutively nodose; esp. roots of Fabaceae (Leguminosae), the nodules harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria. |
whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
five-… |
= penta… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by five entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in five-grooved, five-stamened, five-tepaled. |