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annual 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of annual duration. |
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knee-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having knee roots. |
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sclerocaulous |
= hard-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
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sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
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hemiepiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
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winter annual |
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nominative |
plant |
Annual, germinating in autumn, overwintering in a vegetative state (usually as a rosette aboveground), reproducing sexually from early spring through summer, and dying promptly thereafter. See also summer annual. |
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hemiparasitic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Partially parasitic; facultatively heterotrophic to a limited degree and capable of obtaining a portion of its essential nourishment directly from other living organisms, to which no reciprocal benefit accrues. |
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sarmentose |
= runnering, stoloniferous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing stolons (runners), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
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stilt-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and partly supported by stilt roots. |
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gigantic |
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size |
plant |
Strongly enlarged; unusually or unexpectedly very large throughout. |
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ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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many-stemmed |
= multicipital |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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herb |
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nominative |
plant |
Annual, biennial, or perennial with no woody (lignified) tissue in any part of the shoot; when persisting over more than one growing season, the parts of the shoot dying back seasonally. |
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hapaxanthic |
= monocarpic |
reproduction |
plant |
Normally reproducing sexually only once, then promptly senescent. |
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radicate |
= rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
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woody clump |
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nominative |
plant |
An aggregate of woody main stems that arise from belowground organs derived from a single progenitor; the members of a clump are individually tree- or shrub-like and sometimes become physically separate over time. See also bush, frutex, shrub, subshrub, suffrutex, tree, undershrub. |
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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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leaf-bearing |
= foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Bearing leaves. |
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aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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scandent |
= climbing |
habit |
plant, axis |
Ascending by means of special structures (e.g., tendrils) or growth patterns (e.g., twining) that enable purchase on and support by other plants or objects. |
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…leaved |
= …foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in two-leaved. |
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climbing |
= scandent |
habit |
plant, axis |
Ascending by means of special structures (e.g., tendrils) or growth patterns (e.g., twining) that enable purchase on and support by other plants or objects. |
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anisophyllous |
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architecture |
plant, axis |
Heterophyllous and bearing leaves of two or more distinct sizes or shapes on the same plants. |
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contorted 2 |
= twisted |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having a helical pattern of relief and/or coloration along its length. |
