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crenulate |
= small-scalloped |
margin |
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Finely crenate (scalloped). See also dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
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primary vein |
> costa, midnerve (not recommended), midrib, midvein, rib; >< lateral vein |
STRUCTURE |
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A strand belonging to the first order of vasculature in a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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disk |
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STRUCTURE |
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See disc. |
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reticulate 3 |
= netted |
relief |
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Having prominulous, more or less regularly interconnected lines. |
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seed leaf |
= cotyledon |
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Any of the one or more primary foliar structures of an embryonic seed plant, proximal to all succeeding leaf primordia; sometimes serving as a storage organ for food reserves in the seed, as in peas and beans. |
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fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
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spinose 3 |
= aculeate, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. See also spinulose. |
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headless 1 |
= acephalous |
architecture |
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Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
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intercostal |
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insertion |
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Between the costae. |
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…valleculate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate |
architecture |
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Having the number of valleculae indicated by the prefix; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); as in tetravalleculate, 8-valleculate. |
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aculeate |
= spinose, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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aril 1 (broad sense) |
> arillode, arillus |
STRUCTURE |
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An appendicular structure that wholly or partly envelops a seed and is produced from or a modification of the funicle, raphe, outer integument, or (in some Pinophyta) a subtending involucre; usually fleshy or pulpy, sometimes spongy or tufted-capillate, often brightly colored. |
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macrospore (not recommended) |
= megaspore |
STRUCTURE |
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A female spore; a spore of the larger of two types produced by the sporophytes of a heterosporous taxon; produced in a megasporangium; giving rise upon germination to a megagametophyte. |
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bractlet 1 |
= bracteole; < bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
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nodose |
= knobby, knotty |
solid shape |
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Having nodiform (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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chamber (not recommended) |
= cell (not recommended), locule |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
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paraphysis pl. paraphyses |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, multicellular, sterile structure borne between sporangia within a sorus; in Polypodiophyta. |
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corolla pl. corollae, corollas |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the petals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the inner or distal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (calyx) is actually present or is deemed to be absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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pollinarium pl. pollinaria |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pollinium together with, when present, its stipe and viscidium; the entire unit of pollinium dispersal. |
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raphides sing. raphis |
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STRUCTURE |
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Needle-like crystals of calcium oxalate contained within the cells of some plants; esp. in Araceae. |
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epigeous |
= epigeal |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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…-scalloped |
= …crenate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of scallops (crenae) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-scalloped. See also …-sawtoothed (…serrate), …-toothed (…dentate). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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gynoecium pl. gynoecia var. gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The pistil(s) of a single flower together with any ontogenetically equivalent or subordinate structures present, taken collectively; the total female (ovule-producing) structural complement of a single flower. It may include one to many pistils, each simple or compound. |
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stomium pl. stomia |
= stomatal pore |
FEATURE |
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The opening in the wall of a sporangium, between the lip cells, through which the spores exit; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta. |
