…grooved |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of grooves indicated by the prefix; as in three-grooved, 5-grooved. |
spinulose |
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margin |
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Finely spinose. |
pneumatophore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structurally and functionally specialized root serving as an aboveground aerating organ; found in some woody taxa of wet habitats, notably some mangroves. |
tartareous |
= tartar-like |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
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. |
trowel-shaped |
= trullate, trulliform |
plane shape |
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Broadest below the middle, more or less straightly attenuate to either end, the sides angled at the level of greatest width; like the blade of a mason's trowel. See also obtrullate, obtrulliform. |
round |
= orbiculate, orbicular misapplied |
plane shape |
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Circular. |
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. |
crenulate |
= small-scalloped |
margin |
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Finely crenate (scalloped). See also dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
stomate-bearing |
= stomatiferous |
architecture |
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Having stomates present in the epidermis. |
pustulate |
= blistered, bullate, puckered |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate, papillose. |
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. |
…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. |
semicraspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, each secondary vein running thence toward and bifurcate near the margin, one branch terminating at the margin, the other upwardly arcuate and merging with the superadjacent secondary vein, thus forming one of a series of marginal loops. |
glandular 2 |
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exudation |
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Anatomically distinct and producing and exuding a particular substance. |
sorus pl. sori |
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STRUCTURE |
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A cluster of sporangia borne upon a fertile frond, usually on its abaxial surface; often covered during maturation by a protective membrane, the indusium, that is an outgrowth from the epidermis; in Polypodiophyta. |
…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. |
adaxial |
= ventral (not recommended) |
insertion |
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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. |
beard |
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STRUCTURE |
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A growth of relatively long, erect, flexible, capillary trichomes from one or more limited sectors of a structure's surface. |
sword-shaped 1 |
= ensate |
plane shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like the outline of the lateral face of a broadsword blade. |
epiphyllous |
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insertion |
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Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
rhytidomal |
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position |
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Within, upon, or otherwise directly associated with the bark. |
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. |
stellate 2 |
= star-shaped |
plane shape |
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Having four or more intersecting radiate lobes or portions, each distally slender; like the stylized outline of a star. |
pith |
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STRUCTURE |
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The central ground tissue of a stem or, when present, of a root, consisting of thin-walled parenchyma cells; distinct and more or less soft and spongy relative to the other tissues of the axis; sometimes partly or wholly degenerating after secondary growth has begun. |