declinate |
= inclinate |
orientation |
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Bent or curved downward or forward. |
radical |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
vestigial |
< obsolete (not recommended), rudimentary |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa, and thought to have devolved to that state from a fully developed and functional structure in an ancestral taxon. |
granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
taeniate |
= tapeworm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
dot |
= punctum |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
|
Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
dot-like |
= punctiform |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
rostrate |
= beaked |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also rostellate (small-beaked). |
beak 2 |
= rostrum |
STRUCTURE |
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The inner, horn-like segment of a coronal lobe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae. |
obterete |
|
solid shape |
|
Inversely terete. |
hoary |
= canescent |
pubescence |
|
Densely covered with gray, fine, relatively short, capillate trichomes. |
stolon |
= runner |
STRUCTURE |
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A slender stem that grows horizontally upon or just beneath the ground surface, rooting at the nodes and giving rise to erect shoot segments at some nodes and/or at its apex. |
cucullus pl. cuculli |
= hood |
STRUCTURE |
|
A cucullate (cuculliform) structure or component, esp. in an inflorescence or flower. |
punctate 1 |
= dotted |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also puncticulate (small-dotted). |
triquetrous |
= three-angled, trigonous; > deltoid, obdeltoid |
solid shape |
|
Elongate with three sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
membranaceous |
= membranous |
texture |
|
Extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like animal membrane. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
…segmented |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite |
plane shape |
|
Having the number of segments indicated by the prefix; as in ten-segmented. |
callose |
= callous |
texture |
|
Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
gibbous |
|
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the base. |
internode |
|
STRUCTURE |
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Any portion of a stem between two successive nodes. |
suprafoliar |
|
position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
discal |
|
insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |