pale 1 |
= palea, palet, receptacular bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A small papery (chartaceous) to membranous bract borne on the compound receptacle of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
indeterminate |
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development |
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Having the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions differentiating first and the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion later, development thus proceeding sequentially upward or inward. |
subterminal |
= subapical |
position |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
eleven-… |
= endeca… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by eleven entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in eleven-carpelled, eleven-leafleted, eleven-stamened. |
reclinate |
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vernation |
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Each with its blade oriented downward and parallel to the proximal portion of its distally recurved petiole. |
mammiform |
= breast-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
capitate 3 |
= capitiform, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
undulate |
= wavy |
margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating, wave-like deviations upward and downward from the general plane of the structure. |
funiculus pl. funiculi |
= funicle; < stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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A stalk that attaches an ovule to a placenta of the ovary wall. |
sigmoid 1 |
= S-shaped |
course |
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Curved more or less regularly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, like the letter S. |
laesura pl. laesurae |
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FEATURE |
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An elongate aperture in the proximal face of a spore at or near its pole, coterminous with a tetrad scar; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta. Depending upon tetrad configuration and resultant scar pattern, a laesura may be either unbranched or branched, the branches when present (usually 3) radiating from the pole and of approximately equal lengths. |
testa pl. testae |
= seed coat |
STRUCTURE |
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The outer protective layer of a seed, developed from the ovular integument(s). |
falcate 2 |
= sickle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate, strongly compressed, and arcuate in the plane of compression, the two faces more or less plane and parallel, the degree of curvature decreasing distally or not; like a sickle blade. |
sagittate 2 |
= arrowhead-shaped |
plane shape |
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Generally triangular, tapering gradually from the base to an acute apex, the base with a relatively large, acute, retrorse lobe to either side; like the outline of the broad lateral face of an arrowhead. |
napiform |
= turnip-shaped |
solid shape |
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Depressed-globose overall and strongly acuminate (concave-tapered) at the base; like the generalized form of a turnip. |
whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
half-obterete |
= semiobterete |
solid shape |
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Inversely half-terete; obterete but flattened on one side. |
spur 2 |
= short-shoot |
STRUCTURE |
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A first- or higher-order woody stem branch having relatively unelongated internodes, thus proximate nodes, and limited duration of growth, usually branching little if at all; often a main locus of flower production; usually more or less perpendicular to the axis that bears it and resembling a spur projecting from it; sometimes becoming more or less spinose after elongation ceases; esp. in Rosaceae. |
beaked |
= rostrate |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also small-beaked (rostellate). |
location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
tumid |
= swollen, turgid |
solid shape |
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Engorged in appearance, convex overall with the surface appearing taut , as though from internal pressure. See also inflated, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
pellucid |
= hyaline; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
isthmus |
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STRUCTURE |
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A narrower portion connecting two wider or broader portions of an inclusive structure. |
radical |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |