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subspheroid(al) |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost spheroid(al), slightly longer than broad. |
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…-toothed 2 |
= …dentate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of teeth (dentes) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-toothed. See also …-sawtoothed (…serrate), …-scalloped (…crenate). |
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lingulate |
= tongue-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
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veined |
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architecture |
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Having one or more orders of evident vasculature. |
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adventitious bud |
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STRUCTURE |
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A vegetative or floral bud that arises directly from a root or from some site on a shoot other than a leaf axil or stem apex. |
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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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mammiform |
= breast-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
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bristled |
= aristate, awned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more bristles (aristae, awns, setae). |
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ciliate |
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margin |
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Having fine, hair-like trichomes (cilia) oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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partite |
? cleft, dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protrusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
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recurved |
= arching |
orientation |
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Curving outward (abaxially), downward, or backward. |
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episepalous |
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position |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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spatulate var. spathulate |
= spatula-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. |
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strigulose |
= strigillose |
pubescence |
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Finely strigose. |
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inflated |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially empty interior largely enclosed by the walls, which are convex overall and appear taut, as though from internal pressure. See also swollen (turgid, tumid), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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testes-shaped |
= testicular |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
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lenticel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A specialized, anatomically distinct structure within the periderm of a stem, consisting of comparatively spongy, sometimes suberized tissue distinct from others of the periderm; extending radially through the periderm and visible as a circular to elongate discontinuity in the color, texture, and/or relief of the outer surface of the stem; serving as a conduit for gas exchange between the stem interior and the atmosphere. |
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acerose |
= acicular, needle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base; like a needle. |
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location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
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blistered |
= bullate, puckered, pustulate |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate (papillose). |
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nectar |
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SUBSTANCE |
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An aqueous exudate of high sugar content. |
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cell 2 (not recommended) |
= chamber (not recommended), locule |
FEATURE |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit, sporangium or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
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pandurate |
= fiddle-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |
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planoconvex |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad faces, one plane and one convex. |
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dentate |
= toothed |
margin |
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Having regularly spaced, angular convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter. See also crenate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
