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reticulate 3 |
= netted |
relief |
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Having prominulous, more or less regularly interconnected lines. |
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seed leaf |
= cotyledon |
STRUCTURE |
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Any of the one or more primary foliar structures of an embryonic seed plant, proximal to all succeeding leaf primordia; sometimes serving as a storage organ for food reserves in the seed, as in peas and beans. |
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fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
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spinose 3 |
= aculeate, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. See also spinulose. |
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headless 1 |
= acephalous |
architecture |
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Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
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intercostal |
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insertion |
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Between the costae. |
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…valleculate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate |
architecture |
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Having the number of valleculae indicated by the prefix; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); as in tetravalleculate, 8-valleculate. |
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aculeate |
= spinose, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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aril 1 (broad sense) |
> arillode, arillus |
STRUCTURE |
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An appendicular structure that wholly or partly envelops a seed and is produced from or a modification of the funicle, raphe, outer integument, or (in some Pinophyta) a subtending involucre; usually fleshy or pulpy, sometimes spongy or tufted-capillate, often brightly colored. |
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macrospore (not recommended) |
= megaspore |
STRUCTURE |
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A female spore; a spore of the larger of two types produced by the sporophytes of a heterosporous taxon; produced in a megasporangium; giving rise upon germination to a megagametophyte. |
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bractlet 1 |
= bracteole; < bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
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nodose |
= knobby, knotty |
solid shape |
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Having nodiform (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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chamber (not recommended) |
= cell (not recommended), locule |
FEATURE |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
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paraphysis pl. paraphyses |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, multicellular, sterile structure borne between sporangia within a sorus; in Polypodiophyta. |
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corolla pl. corollae, corollas |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the petals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the inner or distal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (calyx) is actually present or is deemed to be absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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pollinarium pl. pollinaria |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pollinium together with, when present, its stipe and viscidium; the entire unit of pollinium dispersal. |
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raphides sing. raphis |
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STRUCTURE |
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Needle-like crystals of calcium oxalate contained within the cells of some plants; esp. in Araceae. |
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epigeous |
= epigeal |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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…-scalloped |
= …crenate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of scallops (crenae) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-scalloped. See also …-sawtoothed (…serrate), …-toothed (…dentate). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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gynoecium pl. gynoecia var. gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The pistil(s) of a single flower together with any ontogenetically equivalent or subordinate structures present, taken collectively; the total female (ovule-producing) structural complement of a single flower. It may include one to many pistils, each simple or compound. |
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stomium pl. stomia |
= stomatal pore |
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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leaf-opposed |
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insertion |
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Nodal and directly opposite the leaf. |
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abaxial |
= dorsal (not recommended) |
insertion |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) away from the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
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apical |
< distal |
insertion |
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At or very near the developmental end or tip (apex) of a structure. |
