setulose |
= hispidulous, small-bristly |
pubescence |
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Finely setose (hispid). |
seven-… |
= hepta… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by seven entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in seven-leafleted, seven-loculed, seven-winged. |
fiddlehead |
= crozier |
STRUCTURE |
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A circinate leaf (frond) prior to full expansion, while still wholly or distally coiled; esp. in Polypodiophyta. |
subpetiolar |
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position |
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Just below the point of petiole insertion. |
kneecap-shaped |
= patelliform |
solid shape |
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Thickly meniscoid, like a human kneecap. |
campanulate |
= bell-shaped |
solid shape |
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Circular in transverse section, inflated proximally, thence broadening gradually to a flared distal portion. |
awn |
= arista, bristle, seta |
STRUCTURE |
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A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
mucro pl. mucrones, mucros |
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STRUCTURE |
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A short, hard, apical point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculum. |
viviparous |
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reproduction |
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Producing sexually or asexually generated offspring that begin growth and development while borne upon the parent plant. |
elater 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, flattened, hygroscopic enation from a spore, straightening upon desiccation and aiding transport by air; esp. in Equisetaceae. |
spire-shaped |
= strombuliform |
solid shape |
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Attenuate-spiral in three dimensions, the coils contiguous or not. |
pollinium pl. pollinia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mass of coherent pollen grains disseminated as a unit by adhering to a pollinating insect, representing the entire content of a single theca or of fused thecae; often distally attenuate to a sterile caudicle (translator arm), which may attach to a viscidium, either directly or through an intervening stipe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
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. |
rugulose |
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relief |
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Slightly or finely rugose (corrugate, wrinkled). |
floral cup 1 (broad sense) |
= floral tube, hypanthium (broad sense) |
STRUCTURE |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
octa… |
= eight-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by eight entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in octandrous, octocarpellate, octolocular. |
falcate 1 |
= sickle-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate and laterally arcuate with the lateral edges more or less concentric, the degree of curvature decreasing distally or not; like the outline of the face of a sickle blade. |
hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
strap-shaped |
= liguliform, lorate |
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. |
pyriform |
= pear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
aromatic |
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odor |
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Having a distinct odor; usually restricted to pleasant odors. |
microspore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A male spore; a spore of the smaller of the two types produced by the sporophytes of a heterosporous taxon; produced in a microsporangium; giving rise upon germination to a microgametophyte. |
dehiscent |
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dehiscence |
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Splitting or forming one or more apertures at maturity, the contents thereby released for dispersal. |
velutinous |
= velvety |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing dense, moderately firm, more or less erect, capillate trichomes, like velvet pile to the touch. |