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blunt 1 |
= obtuse |
apex |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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needle |
< leaf, macrophyll (not recommended), megaphyll |
STRUCTURE |
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A relatively stiff, compressed-acerose leaf; in Pinophyta. |
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central |
= medial, median |
insertion |
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At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. |
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contortuplicate 1 |
= torsive |
aestivation |
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Plicate and contorted. |
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platter-shaped |
= scutellate, scutelliform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also buckler-shaped (scutate, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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denticulate |
= small-toothed |
margin |
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Finely dentate (toothed). See also crenate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
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radical |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
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ennea… |
= nine-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by nine entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in enneandrous, enneafoliolate, enneastylous. |
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sausage-shaped |
= botuliform |
solid shape |
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Arcuately cylindric with rounded ends. |
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flanged |
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plane shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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sinus pl. sinus, sinuses |
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FEATURE |
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The space, indentation, or invagination (or, for some descriptive purposes, the outline thereof) between and delimiting any two consecutive or adjacent lobes or teeth of a structure. |
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granuliferous |
= powdery, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also lentiginous (dusty, lentiginose), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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lanciform |
= lancehead-shaped, lanceoloid |
solid shape |
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Considerably longer than broad, compressed or not, broadest near the base and somewhat concavely attenuate to the apex, the attenuation in all median longitudinal planes or else largely confined to one, depending upon the extent of compression, if any. See also oblanciform (oblanceoloid). |
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twig |
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STRUCTURE |
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The terminal portion of an ultimate branch of a woody stem, representing the most recent increment of growth and bearing or having borne the current or most recent increment of leaves. See also branchlet. |
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wood |
= xylem |
STRUCTURE |
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The water-conducting and usually main supporting tissue of a plant or portion thereof, characterized by the presence of tracheary elements (tracheids and sometimes vessel elements); the lignified tissue of a plant or component structure, composed almost entirely of secondary tissue, i.e., that derived by secondary or lateral growth from a cambium in structures a season or more old. As commonly used, the term wood generally refers only to secondary xylem, which constitutes the bulk of a mature woody stem, but it properly refers also to primary xylem, wherever found. See also sapwood, heartwood. |
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beak 1 |
= rostrum |
STRUCTURE |
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A relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid and pointed enation or termination. |
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mottled |
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coloration |
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Having one or more indistinctly delineated, irregularly shaped, areas of varying size and contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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carinal |
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aestivation |
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Having the petals of the keel (carina) enclosing the others. |
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oval |
= elliptic(al) |
plane shape |
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Elongate, widest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
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cylindric(al) |
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solid shape |
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Solid and transversely round with a more or less uniform diameter, the ends blunt. |
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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). |
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complex |
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architecture |
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Comprising two or more basic structural entities, at least two of which are dissimilar. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
plane shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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cymbiform |
= boat-shaped, navicular |
solid shape |
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Like the generalized form of a boat hull, the walls relatively thin to moderately thick, the interior essentially empty and open along one side. |
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punctate 2 |
= dotted |
relief |
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Having small, round, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also puncticulate (small-dotted). |
