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obtriangular 2 |
= cuneate, wedge-shaped |
plane shape |
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Inversely triangular; like the outline of the broad lateral face of a wedge, broadest at the apex. See also obdeltate. |
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…cleft |
? …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in three-cleft. |
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crispate |
= crisped, curly |
margin |
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Having closely and irregularly spaced, irregularly shaped, often compound convexities that curve irregularly through three dimensions. |
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prolate |
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solid shape |
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Symmetrically elongate parallel to the developmental or polar axis. |
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distal |
> apical |
position |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure farthest from its developmental origin. |
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revolute 2 |
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vernation |
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Each rolled abaxially inward from the lateral margins. |
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exocarp |
= epicarp |
STRUCTURE |
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The outermost tissue layer of a pericarp. |
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…segmented |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite |
plane shape |
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Having the number of segments indicated by the prefix; as in ten-segmented. |
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fringed |
= fimbriate |
margin |
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Regularly divided into slender, closely adjacent, more or less flexible segments, or having protrusions that give the appearance of such division. See also fine-fringed (fimbrillate). |
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spiny 2 |
= aculeate, spinose |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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heartwood |
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STRUCTURE |
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The senescent inner or central portion of the wood (xylem) of an older stem or root, its cells no longer living, in which conduction has ceased and primary reserve materials are no longer stored; often containing terminal metabolic products; usually darker in color than the living, conducting sapwood that encircles it. |
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subrotund |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost rotund, slightly longer than broad. |
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interpetiolar |
< nodal |
insertion |
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Upon the stem between the bases of opposite leaves. |
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limp |
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texture |
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Lacking stiffness in in one or more dimensions, thus drooping or sagging where unsupported. |
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valve |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any longitudinal segment of a fruit wall delimited by lines of dehiscence. |
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adaxial |
= ventral (not recommended) |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) toward 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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arista pl. aristae |
= awn, 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). |
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maculate |
= blotched, spotted |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
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main stem |
= primary stem; > bole, trunk |
STRUCTURE |
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The one, or any of the more than one, first-order stem(s), or first-order portion(s) of the collective stem, of a shoot. |
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branchlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A branch of the highest or ultimate order. |
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notch |
= emargination |
FEATURE |
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A relatively small, acute sinus at the distal end of a laminar structure. |
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checkered 1 |
= tessellate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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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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coroniform |
= crown-shaped |
solid shape |
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Shortly and broadly tubular overall, circumferentially continuous at the base, distally so or not; like a monarch's crown. |
