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corticate |
= hard-coated |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
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reclinate |
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vernation |
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Each with its blade oriented downward and parallel to the proximal portion of its distally recurved petiole. |
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epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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scarious |
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texture |
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Very thin, dry, and not green. |
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hair-like |
= capillary, capillate |
solid shape |
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Finely filiform; resembling a hair. |
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strict |
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course |
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Lacking any curve or bend. |
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indusium pl. indusia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
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tessellate 1 |
= checkered |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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lemma pl. lemmata, lemmas |
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STRUCTURE |
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The proximal bract of the (usually) two that immediately subtend the flower in a grass (Poaceae) floret; the other is the palea. |
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unguis pl. ungues |
= claw |
STRUCTURE |
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The abruptly much narrower proximal portion, when present, of a laminar structure, esp. a petal; of variable shape itself, but usually attenuate toward the base. |
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…lobed |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in five-lobed. |
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bladder |
= ampulla |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, membranous, hollow, flask-shaped, insectivorous structure borne on a submerged leaf; esp. in Lentibulariaceae. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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cauline |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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palmatifid |
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plane shape |
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Palmately lobate; having three or more lobes whose longitudinal axes radiate from a common point. |
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contiguous |
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arrangement |
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Touching one another. |
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plaited 2 |
= pleated, plicate |
vernation |
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Having alternately adaxial and abaxial lengthwise folds, resembling a closed fan. |
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deltoid |
< three-angled, trigonous, triquetrous |
solid shape |
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Three-angular (trigonous, triquetrous), broadest at the base, and regularly attenuate to an angular apex; equilaterally pyramidal with three lateral faces. See also obdeltoid. |
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radial |
= radiant, radiate, stellate |
arrangement |
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Disposed about and mutually divergent from a common geometric center in two or three dimensions, thus collectively actinomorphic. |
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enation |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively small outgrowth from an otherwise regular boundary or surface of a larger structure. |
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sap |
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SUBSTANCE |
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Generally, the fluid content of a plant body; more precisely, the sugary fluid transported by the phloem. |
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flabelliform |
= fan-shaped, flabellate |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
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single-… |
= mono…, one-…, uni… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by one entity of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in single-celled, single-headed, single-seeded. See also entries for particular terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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gongylodate |
= gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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…stichous |
= …ranked |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in the number of distinct ranks indicated by the prefix; as in distichous, polystichous, tristichous. |
