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shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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glandular 1 |
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architecture |
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Having one or more glands. |
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hooded |
= cucullate |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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surficial |
= superficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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warty |
= tuberculate, tuberculose, verrucose |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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androecial tube |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tubular portion of an androecium in which the component structures have fused with one another laterally over part or all their lengths. |
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banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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microsporangium pl. microsporangia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces microspores. |
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calyptriform |
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solid shape |
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Hollow, roughly circular in cross-section, broader and open distally, and tapering to a closed apex, like a candle snuffer or elongate hood. |
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oil-secreting |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding an oily substance, often aromatic; when oil-secreting glands are indicated in the nominative, often they are called simply oil glands. |
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cochleate |
= snail-shell-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively broad and short, basically round in transverse section, resembling a rapidly tapering spire overall, the exterior helically convoluted; like a snail shell. |
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perisperm |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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A genetically diploid (2n chromosomes) nutritive tissue in a seed; containing stored carbohydrate and/or oil utilized by the embryo prior to and especially upon germination; derived from the nucellus. See also endosperm (albumen). |
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crustaceous |
= crusty |
texture |
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Thin, dry, hard, and brittle. |
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proximal |
> basal |
position |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure closest to its developmental origin. |
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dorsifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached on the abaxial side well above the base. |
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ribbed 2 |
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solid shape |
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Having two or more prominent, elongate, relatively narrow, essentially parallel protrusions that extend over all or most of its length or circumference. |
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faceted |
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solid shape |
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Having numerous, relatively small, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface. |
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furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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sporophyte |
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PLANT |
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The main, ultimate, spore-bearing stage in the diploid (2n chromosomes) phase of a taxon's life cycle. Two morphologically and genetically distinct and alternate phases together constitute the complete life cycle in sexually reproducing taxa, the other phase (gametophytic) being haploid (n chromosomes). Any taxon whose life cycle is confined to one or the other phase is limited to asexual means of reproduction, since sexual reproduction with consequent genetic recombination is impossible without alternation between haploid and diploid states via meiosis and fertilization. The term sporophytic applies to any part of the diploid phase, including all unicellular to multicellular entities belonging to it, whereas sporophyte is reserved for the principal and directly spore-producing stage of that phase. |
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succulent |
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texture |
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Herbaceous and juicy, often thickened (incrassate). |
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involute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled adaxially. |
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trabecula pl. trabeculae |
< septum |
STRUCTURE |
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A transverse wall or partition that fully or partially separates two chambers within a sporangium. |
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ventricose |
= bellied |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
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masculine |
= male |
reproduction |
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Of the sex that produces microspores and sperm. |
