opposite 2 |
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arrangement |
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Having the members of each whorl inserted directly above and/or below those of the next adjacent whorl(s). See also antipetalous, antisepalous. |
squamule 2 |
= squamella; < scale |
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A small, dry bract borne on the compound receptacle (torus) of a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
adaxial |
= ventral (not recommended) |
insertion |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) toward the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
squamule 3 |
= lodicule, squamella |
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One of two or three small, scale-like structures inserted at the base of the androecium, distal to the palea, in most grass (Poaceae) flowers; often regarded as a vestigial branch or perianth member. |
adaxial |
= ventral (not recommended) |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) toward the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
primary stem |
= main stem; > bole, trunk |
STRUCTURE |
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The one, or any of the more than one, first-order stem(s), or first-order portion(s) of the collective stem, of a shoot. |
lumen pl. lumina |
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A space enclosed by the wall(s) or membrane(s) of a structure. |
two-… |
= bi…, di… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by two entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in two-cleft, two-flowered, two-loculed. See also individual entries for terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination; and also double-… (bi…, twice-…). |
foveate |
= pitted |
relief |
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Having numerous, small, rounded depressions. See also foveolate (fine-pitted, scrobiculate). |
setiform |
= bristle-shaped, setaceous |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff; like a bristle. |
broom-shaped |
= muscariform, penicillate |
solid shape |
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Having a proximal axis that bears a distal cluster of elongate slender branches or appendages, these variously ascending to erect; like a broom. |
subopposite |
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arrangement |
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Alternate but verging on opposite. |
knee 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An emergent portion of an otherwise normally submerged secondary root of a wetland tree, resembling a bent human knee. |
mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
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Sticky. |
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. |
spiral 1 |
= acyclic, helical |
arrangement |
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Disposed helically about and along the axis, each on a different radius than the one(s) vertically adjacent. |
absent |
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presence |
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Not occurring within the context in point. |
pollen sac |
= theca |
STRUCTURE |
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Any of the one, two or four ontogenetically distinct, pollen-producing sectors (microsporangia) of an anther. In some taxa the walls between pairs of adjacent thecae break down as an anther approaches maturity, the mature anther thus ultimately containing half as many locules as thecae. |
limp |
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texture |
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Lacking stiffness in in one or more dimensions, thus drooping or sagging where unsupported. |
trulliform |
= trowel-shaped, trullate |
plane shape |
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Broadest below the middle, more or less straightly attenuate to either end, the sides angled at the level of greatest width; like the blade of a mason's trowel. See also obtrullate, obtrulliform. |
blunt 2 |
= obtuse |
base |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular proximal portion whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
ocellate |
= eyespotted |
coloration |
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Having a more or less circular area that differes in hue and/or intensity from the remainder of the structure; esp. a corolla with such an area at its center. |
hood-shaped |
= cucullate, cuculliform |
solid shape |
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Convex or compressed-convex overall with a distal peak or ridge, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a hood or cowl. See also helmet-shaped (galeate, galeiform), which overlaps conceptually. |
stone |
= pyrene |
STRUCTURE |
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The hard inner portion of a drupe, consisting of osseous endocarp and included seed. |