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three-… |
= tri… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by three entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in three-cleft, three-flowered, three-ranked. See also thrice… (tri…, triple…). |
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areola 1 pl. areolae |
= areole |
STRUCTURE |
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Any distinctive surficial discontinuity of generally circular outline, whether concave, flush, or convex; when protuberant, sometimes bearing trichomes or spines, as in some Cactaceae. This term is used only when such entities are deemed structurally distinctive enough to merit description in their own rights, rather than as aspects of the surface. |
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lyrate |
= lyre-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with several proximal concavities on each side, these sinuses opposite one another in pairs and decreasing in size toward the base; like the frontal outline of a lyre. |
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bracteate |
= bracted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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nodal |
> interpetiolar |
insertion |
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Upon or associated with the nodes. |
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lyre-shaped |
= lyrate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with several proximal concavities on each side, these sinuses opposite one another in pairs and decreasing in size toward the base; like the frontal outline of a lyre. |
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bracted |
= bracteate |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
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nodal |
> interpetiolar |
position |
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Upon or associated with the nodes. |
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chaff 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the glumes, lemmata, and paleae of mature spikelets; in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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pappus scale |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pappus element that is more or less planate and relatively thin and broad; may terminate in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
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corneous |
= horny |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
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pneumatophore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structurally and functionally specialized root serving as an aboveground aerating organ; found in some woody taxa of wet habitats, notably some mangroves. |
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…ranked |
= …stichous |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in the number of distinct ranks indicated by the prefix; as in two-ranked. |
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epicotyl |
= plumule |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinguishable nascent shoot developed in the embryo in some taxa, consisting of a shoot axis with unexpanded internodes and one or more leaf primordia, being that portion of the embryo above the level of cotyledon insertion; the primordial shoot, when developed by the embryo within a seed; the first bud of a spermatophyte, when developed by an embryo within the seed. In other taxa the shoot is represented in the embryo only by a quiescent apical meristem at the summit of the embryonic axis. |
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scale 2 |
> lepis, squama, squamella, squamule; < trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A planate trichome. |
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floating 2 |
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location |
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At or upon the surface of water. |
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stomatal pore 2 |
= stomium |
FEATURE |
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The opening in the wall of a sporangium, between the lip cells, through which the spores exit; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta. |
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inclined |
= declined |
orientation |
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Directed downward or backward. |
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ten-… |
= deca… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by ten entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in ten-carpeled, ten-stamened, ten-winged. |
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leaf 2 pl. leaves |
= microphyll |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, lateral, leaf-like enation that, evolutionarily, is not a true leaf, i.e., whose vasculature, if any, consists of only a single median strand not ontogenetically integral with the vasculature of the bearing stem and not associated with leaf gaps in the stele of the stem; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta. |
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umbonate |
= bossed |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
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bi… 2 |
= double-…, twice-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of two hierarchical orders of the type of entity or pattern denoted by the term's stem; as in bicrenate, bipinnate. See also entries for particular terms beginning with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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cartilaginous |
= cartilage-like |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
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palate |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower, prominent labium (lip) of a personate (gaping, ringent) corolla. |
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cone scale |
< macrosporophyll (not recommended), megasporophyll, microsporophyll; > ovuliferous scale |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the membranous, fleshy, or woody sporophylls of a cone (strobilus); esp. in Pinophyta. |
