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discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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replum pl. repla |
< dissepiment, septum |
STRUCTURE |
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The persistent wall or partition that separates the two locules of a silicle or silique. |
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erose 2 |
= eroded |
relief |
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Appearing as if chewed or gnawed; having very irregular localized deviations from its generalized line. |
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second glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The upper (distal) member of a pair of small bracts inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet. |
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forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
solid shape |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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hastate 2 |
= halberd-head-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically triangular with an acute apex and two large, widely divergent basal lobes, each generally triangular and distally acute; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a halberd head. |
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subapical |
= subterminal |
position |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
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infructescence 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mature (fruiting) inflorescence (static sense). |
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tholiform |
= dome-shaped |
solid shape |
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Convex overall, broadest at the base, and transversely more or less circular to elliptical throughout. |
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lidded |
= operculate |
architecture |
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Having a lid (operculum). |
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acrocaulous |
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position |
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At or very near the stem tip. |
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architecture |
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CHARACTER |
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Composite structural configuration as to type, orientation, symmetry, insertion, position, fusion, presence, number, relative size, shape, texture, differentiation, and/or derivation of components and features. Overlaps conceptually with habit. |
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lumen pl. lumina |
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FEATURE |
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A space enclosed by the wall(s) or membrane(s) of a structure. |
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cereous 2 |
= ceraceous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
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papilliform |
= papillar(y) |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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coriaceous |
= leathery |
texture |
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Moderately thick, tough, and very pliable. |
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epibracteal |
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position |
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Upon the bracts, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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scabrous 1 |
= rough |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing coarse, stiff, ascending trichomes and markedly rough to the touch. |
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epicalyx pl. epicalyces |
= calyculus |
STRUCTURE |
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A whorl of bracts immediately subtending (beneath or outside) a calyx. |
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scabrous 2 |
= rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabridous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
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flexuose |
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course |
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See flexuous. |
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small-scalloped |
= crenulate |
margin |
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Finely scalloped (crenate). See also sawtoothed (serrate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). |
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gummy |
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texture |
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Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
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stoma 2 (strict sense) pl. stomata |
= stomatal pore |
FEATURE |
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The aperture between and regulated by the two guard cells of a stomate (stomatal apparatus). |
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tartareous |
= tartar-like |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
