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sepaloid |
= sepal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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persistent |
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duration |
structure |
Remaining attached and conspicuous until the bearing structure reaches maturity. |
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precocious |
= early-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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deciduous 1 |
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duration |
structure |
Separating and falling away from the bearing axis, organ or plant prior to senescence of the latter, usually by developing an anatomically distinct, transverse, basal zone of cells (abcission layer), where separation occurs. See also seasonally deciduous. |
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petal-like |
= petaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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ligulate 1 |
= liguliferous |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
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vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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leaf-like |
= foliaceous |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
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accrescent |
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duration |
structure |
Increasing further in size after the bearing structure has become functionally mature; esp. a calyx after anthesis. |
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tuberous 2 |
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architecture |
structure |
Resembling a tuber in shape and texture, but not ontogenetically such; esp. roots. |
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liguliferous |
= ligulate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
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hygroscopic |
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architecture |
structure |
Increasing or decreasing in size according to the presence or absence of surrounding moisture, due to differential swelling or shrinking of component anatomical structures. |
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rooting |
= radicant |
architecture |
structure |
Developing adventitious roots; esp. stems or leaves. |
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perennate |
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duration |
structure |
Persisting in a functional state through the entire growing season. |
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serotinous |
= late-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing late in the growing season, or late relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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caducous |
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duration |
structure |
Deciduous upon or immediately after emergence, with little or no evident senescence beforehand. |
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subsessile |
= semistalked |
architecture |
structure |
Almost sessile; having a very short, somewhat indistinct stalk. |
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sessile |
= exstipitate, stalkless, unstalked |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
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tunicate |
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architecture |
structure |
Having a tunic. |
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exstipitate |
= sessile, stalkless, unstalked |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
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fugacious |
= fleeting |
duration |
structure |
Wilting or withering very shortly after emergence, soon becoming inconspicuous and falling away or disintegrating. |
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foliaceous |
= leaf-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
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early-maturing |
= precocious |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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stalked 6 |
= stipitate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |
