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cauline |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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pseudoaxillary |
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insertion |
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Only apparently axillary; originally extraaxillary but displaced to the axil by differential growth during development. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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solid shape |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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fleshy |
= carnose, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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pleated 2 |
= plaited, plicate |
vernation |
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Having alternately adaxial and abaxial lengthwise folds, resembling a closed fan. |
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…lobate |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in bilobate. |
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striate 1 |
= streaked |
coloration |
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Having an overall pattern of fine, more or less parallel, lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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intravaginal |
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insertion |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
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scutelliform |
= platter-shaped, scutellate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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spatulate var. spathulate |
= spatula-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. |
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oval |
= elliptic(al) |
plane shape |
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Elongate, widest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
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jointed |
= articulate(d) |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these joints (articulations) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
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branchlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A branch of the highest or ultimate order. |
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trapeziform |
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plane shape |
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Four-sided and either asymmetrical or bilaterally symmetrical like a triangle truncated distally perpendicular to its central axis. |
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size |
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CHARACTER |
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Nature as to absolute or comparative extent in any one dimension or in area or volume. |
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mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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lepidote |
= squamose; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing lepides (squamae). See also squamellose. |
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piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
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rostellum 2 pl. rostella |
= beaklet |
STRUCTURE |
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A sterile excrescent stigma lobe protruding between the anther and the functional stigma lobes of a column; sometimes forming one or more viscidia at pollinium maturity; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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grumous |
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solid shape |
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Having an external aspect like a cluster of grains, basically convex overall. |
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indusium pl. indusia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
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obovoid |
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solid shape |
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Inversely ovoid (egg-shaped). |
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superficial |
= surficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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first glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower (proximal) or sometimes solitary small bract inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet, the second glume, when present, inserted immediately above (distal to) it. |
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scabridous |
= rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
