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pistillodium pl. pistillodia |
= pistillode |
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Any sterile structure deemed to represent a modified pistil, homology being inferred on the basis of structural similarity, ontogeny, and/or position; sometimes nectariferous, sometimes connate with others or adnate to other floral structures. |
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pyramidal |
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solid shape |
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Transversely triangular or polygonal, broadest at the base and regularly attenuate to an angular apex, all faces essentially plane. |
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elater 1 |
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An elongate cell with a helical, hygroscopic thickening in its wall, contained within a sporangium, expanding and contracting with changes in humidity and aiding dispersal of the spores; esp. in Hepaticae. |
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runcinate |
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plane shape |
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Basically obovate with a series of retrorse, acute lobes on either side, these diminishing in size toward the base. |
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filiform |
= thread-like |
solid shape |
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Elongate and very slender, basically round in transverse section and of more or less uniform diameter, variously curved over its length or not. See also capillary (capillate, hair-like). |
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showy |
< conspicuous |
manifestation |
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Prominently evident and attractive due to size, shape and/or coloration. |
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glittering |
= splendent |
reflectance |
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Interruptedly glossy (laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny, and thus sparkling when viewed from changing angles. |
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standard |
= banner, vexillum |
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The relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal in a papilionaceous corolla. |
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horn-shaped |
= corniform |
solid shape |
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Straight or curved and slenderly conic or conoidal, like an animal horn. |
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sword-shaped 2 |
= ensiform |
solid shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, strongly compressed, the opposite faces plane, parallel, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like a broadsword blade. |
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lacrimiform |
= teardrop-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely round and broadest just below the middle, broadly rounded to the base and acutely attenuate to the apex. |
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tubercular |
= tuberculose |
solid shape |
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Comprising small knot-like segments. |
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waxy 1 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxen; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose |
coating |
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Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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midnerve |
= midrib, midvein; < costa, nerve, rib, vein |
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A primary vein that runs longitudinally through the center of a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also lateral vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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oligo… |
= few-… |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by a relatively small number of entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in oligandrous, oligocellular, oligofloral, oligospermous. See also multi… (many-…, pluri…, poly…). |
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collar 1 |
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The free portion (if any) of a floral tube, distal to its casing and/or neck when one or both is/are present. |
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cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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pseudolamina pl. pseudolaminae |
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STRUCTURE |
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The expanded part of a phyllode (phyllodium), resembling a blade but evolutionarily derived from the petiole. |
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dotted 2 |
= punctate |
relief |
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Having small, round, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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rigid |
= rigent, stiff |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
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farina pl. farinae, farinas |
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A dry, meal- or flour-like covering. |
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…furrowed |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …grooved, …sulcate, …valleculate |
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Having the number of furrows indicated by the prefix; as in five-furrowed, 3-furrowed. |
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spur 2 |
= short-shoot |
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A first- or higher-order woody stem branch having relatively unelongated internodes, thus proximate nodes, and limited duration of growth, usually branching little if at all; often a main locus of flower production; usually more or less perpendicular to the axis that bears it and resembling a spur projecting from it; sometimes becoming more or less spinose after elongation ceases; esp. in Rosaceae. |
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suffused |
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coloration |
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Having two or more hues, shades, and/or intensities intermingled, the contrasting components distinguishable only submacroscopically. |
