orbicular |
= globose, globular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
|
Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
squamule 3 |
= lodicule, squamella |
STRUCTURE |
|
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. |
primary stem |
= main stem; > bole, trunk |
STRUCTURE |
|
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. |
bole |
= trunk; < main stem, primary stem |
STRUCTURE |
|
The relatively stout, columnar, main stem of a distinct aboveground portion of a tree. |
cloying |
|
odor |
|
Sickeningly sweet. |
lumen pl. lumina |
|
FEATURE |
|
A space enclosed by the wall(s) or membrane(s) of a structure. |
two-… |
= bi…, di… |
prefix |
|
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-…). |
almondy |
= hydrocyanic |
odor |
|
Pungently fruity like almonds, due to the presence of hydrocyanin or a closely related compound. |
foveate |
= pitted |
relief |
|
Having numerous, small, rounded depressions. See also foveolate (fine-pitted, scrobiculate). |
setiform |
= bristle-shaped, setaceous |
solid shape |
|
Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff; like a bristle. |
subopposite |
|
arrangement |
|
Alternate but verging on opposite. |
calyculus 1 pl. calyculi |
= epicalyx |
STRUCTURE |
|
A whorl of bracts immediately subtending (beneath or outside) a calyx; literally, a little calyx. |
knee 2 |
|
STRUCTURE |
|
An emergent portion of an otherwise normally submerged secondary root of a wetland tree, resembling a bent human knee. |
corrugate 1 |
= crumpled |
aestivation |
|
Having members tightly and irregularly folded, the whole appearing as though wadded upon emergence. |
mucilaginous 2 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
texture |
|
Slimy. |
viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
|
Sticky. |
gummy |
|
texture |
|
Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
spiral 1 |
= acyclic, helical |
arrangement |
|
Disposed helically about and along the axis, each on a different radius than the one(s) vertically adjacent. |
pollen sac |
= theca |
STRUCTURE |
|
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. |
ciliate |
|
margin |
|
Having fine, hair-like trichomes (cilia) oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
limp |
|
texture |
|
Lacking stiffness in in one or more dimensions, thus drooping or sagging where unsupported. |
trulliform |
= trowel-shaped, trullate |
plane shape |
|
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. |
decussate |
|
arrangement |
|
Opposite with successive pairs radially oriented at right angles to one another, thus polystichous with four equidistant ranks. |
ocellate |
= eyespotted |
coloration |
|
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 |
|
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. |