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liguliform |
= lorate, strap-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and relatively thin with the opposite faces more or less plane and moderately narrow, their edges more or less straight and parallel over most of their length; resembling a strap. |
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approximate |
= close |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively near to one another. |
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serrulate |
= small-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Finely serrate (sawtoothed). See also crentate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed). |
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obtuse 2 |
= blunt |
base |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular proximal portion whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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solid shape |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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subglobose |
= suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost globose, slightly longer than broad. |
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epigeal |
= epigeous |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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campanulate |
= bell-shaped |
solid shape |
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Circular in transverse section, inflated proximally, thence broadening gradually to a flared distal portion. |
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ramal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
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mesochilium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The central portion of a labellum (lip) that has distinct proximal, distal, and central parts; in Orchidaceae. See also epichilium, hypochilium. |
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spinulose |
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apex |
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Finely spinose. |
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…parted |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in five-parted. |
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plumule |
= epicotyl |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinguishable nascent shoot developed in the embryo in some taxa, consisting of a shoot axis with unexpanded internodes and one or more leaf primordia, being that portion of the embryo above the level of cotyledon insertion; the primordial shoot, when developed by the embryo within a seed; the first bud of a spermatophyte, when developed by an embryo within the seed. In other taxa the shoot is represented in the embryo only by a quiescent apical meristem at the summit of the embryonic axis. |
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filiform |
= thread-like |
solid shape |
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Elongate and very slender, basically round in transverse section and of more or less uniform diameter, variously curved over its length or not. See also capillary (capillate, hair-like). |
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rough 1 |
= scabrous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing coarse, stiff, ascending, trichomes and markedly rough to the touch. |
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waxy 1 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxen; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose |
coating |
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Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. |
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hispid |
= setose; < bristly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. See also hispidulous (setulose, small-bristly). |
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bud scale |
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STRUCTURE |
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A scale that, alone or aggregated with others, envelops and protects a bud. |
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stomatal pore 2 |
= stomium |
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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elliptic(al) 2 |
= oval |
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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pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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germination 1 |
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CHARACTER |
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The process wherein a dormant embryo resumes active metabolism and growth, the primary root and shoot emerging from the seed coat, the young sporophyte thereupon entering the seedling stage. |
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leftward |
= sinistrorse |
orientation |
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Directed to the left, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also rightward (dextrorse). |
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selliform var. sellaeform |
= saddle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin, broad and long, strongly compound-curved, concavely from end to end and convexly from side to side; like the generalized shape of a saddle. |
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pallid |
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coloration |
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Relatively pale; not strongly colored. |
