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torulose |
= knotted |
solid shape |
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Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
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scimitar-shaped |
= acinaciform |
solid shape |
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Thin and moderately arcuate with two opposite, plane, broad faces, the degree of curvature increasing distally, thinnest at the convex edge, thicker toward the concave; like a scimitar blade. |
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discoid 1 |
= disciform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with two round, plane or convex, opposite broad faces and a rounded circumferential edge; like a disc. See also lenticular (biconvex, lens-shaped), meniscoid, placentiform (placenta-shaped), trochlear (pulley-wheel-shaped). |
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breast-shaped |
= mammiform |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
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palet 2 |
= pale, palea |
STRUCTURE |
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The upper or distal of the (usually) two distinctive bracts immediately subtending the flower in a grass (Poaceae) spikelet. |
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marginal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the margins. |
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furrowed |
= colpate, fossulate, grooved, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (furrows). |
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epibracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the bracts, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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petiolar |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the petioles. |
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lamina 2 pl. laminae |
= ray |
STRUCTURE |
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The distal, relatively flat portion of the zygomorphic corolla of a ray floret, terminating in 0--4 teeth or lobes; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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axis pl. axes |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unitary and longitudinally continuous structure that bears laterally the subordinate portion(s), if any, of a plant root or shoot or any subdivision thereof and that represents the main line of structural development and/or symmetry distal to its origin, irrespective of the particular ontogenetic growth pattern involved. See also primary axis. |
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close |
= approximate |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively near to one another. |
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sapwood |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the wood (xylem) of a stem or root whose cells are still living and functional; concentric about the heartwood once the latter has begun to form. |
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…winged |
= …pterous |
architecture |
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Having the number of wings (alae) indicated by the prefix; as in 3-winged, five-winged. |
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birettaform |
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solid shape |
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Approximately square in cross section and shallowly convex at the top; like a biretta (Roman Catholic cleric's hat). |
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opaque |
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coloration |
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Not transmitting light. |
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hard |
= indurate(d) |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), hard-coated (corticate), hard-stemmed (sclerocaulous). |
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squamellose |
< scaly |
pubescence |
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Finely squamose (lepidote). |
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androecial tube |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tubular portion of an androecium in which the component structures have fused with one another laterally over part or all their lengths. |
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present |
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presence |
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Occurring within the context in point. |
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prickle |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unvascularized spine-like enation originating in the epidermis, cortex, or mesophyll of any shoot part. See also spine, thorn. |
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longitudinal 2 |
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orientation |
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Parallel to the long axis of the context of reference. |
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corrugate 1 |
= crumpled |
aestivation |
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Having members tightly and irregularly folded, the whole appearing as though wadded upon emergence. |
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twice-… |
= bi…, double-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of two hierarchical orders of the type of entity or pattern denoted by the term's stem; as in twice-crenate, twice-palmate. See also two-… (bi…, di…). |
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fossulate |
= colpate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (fossulae). |
