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hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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oblique 1 |
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base |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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dolabrate |
= axehead-shaped |
solid shape |
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Like an axehead oriented cutting edge downward. This term is not semantically distinct from dolabriform, but botanically they have had somewhat different applications. |
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corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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pubescent 2 (strict sense) |
= downy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively short, slender, soft, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also puberulent. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
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globular |
= globose, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a globe or sphere. |
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megagametophyte |
> embryo sac |
PLANT |
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A gametophyte whose fertile organs (gametangia) are all archegonia. |
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articulate(d) |
= jointed |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these articulations (joints) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
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papillar(y) |
= papilliform |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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episepalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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checkered 2 |
= tessellate |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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supervolute |
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vernation |
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Each with one side rolled adaxially inward from the margin and enveloped by the abaxially rolled opposite side. |
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declined |
= inclined |
orientation |
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Directed downward or backward. |
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retrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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bud scale |
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STRUCTURE |
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A scale that, alone or aggregated with others, envelops and protects a bud. |
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valleculate |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate |
architecture |
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Having one or more relatively narrow and shallow longitudinal depressions; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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nodal |
> interpetiolar |
insertion |
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Upon or associated with the nodes. |
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wrinkled |
= corrugate, rugose |
relief |
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Having irregular, narrow ridges or creases, the intervening areas flat to shallowly concave or convex, appearing overall as though crumpled and then spread out. See also rugulose. |
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small-sawtoothed |
= serrulate |
margin |
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Finely sawtoothed (serrate). See also scalloped (crenate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). |
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alternate 1 |
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arrangement |
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Inserted singly along the axis, each at a different level and each diverging on a different radius than the ones next above and below. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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fixation |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of attachment to a supporting structure. |
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conjugate |
= geminate, paired |
arrangement |
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Inserted by pairs, the members of each fused or not. |
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fixed |
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fixation |
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Attached to the bearing structure in a manner allowing no significant rotation or declination in relation to it. |
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scallop |
= crena |
FEATURE |
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A rounded, marginal convexity or concavity in a series of such that alternate regularly and are oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scalloplet (crenule), tooth (dens), toothlet. |
