bulbous |
= bulbose |
architecture |
plant |
Growing from and/or bearing bulbs. |
radicate |
= rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
frutescent |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Developing the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
tree |
|
nominative |
plant |
Perennial, woody, more or less erect, relatively tall, with one or more distinct aboveground portions each with a single, relatively stout, columnar, main stem (trunk or bole) that bears branches. See also bush, frutex, shrub, subshrub, suffrutex, undershrub, woody clump. |
autotrophic |
|
nutrition |
plant |
Independent of other organisms for its nourishment, itself synthesizing all essential substances not directly available from the non-living environment. |
subshrub |
= suffrutex, undershrub |
nominative |
plant |
Of shrub-like form but with only the base woody, bearing herbaceous branches that die back at the end of each growing season. See also bush, shrub (frutex), tree, woody clump. |
vine |
> liana |
nominative |
plant |
Perennial, with elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
frutex pl. frutices |
= shrub; > bush |
nominative |
plant |
Perennial, woody, relatively short, with a single main stem that is not distinctly columnar and branches from or above ground level, the branches often crowded. See also suffrutex (subshrub, undershrub), tree, woody clump. |
tree-form |
> arboreous, arborescent |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a tree. See also bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
hemiepiphytic |
|
habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
subshrubby |
> suffrutescent, suffruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a subshrub (undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, woody-clumping. |
viny |
> lianous |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
vegetative |
< apomictic, asexual |
reproduction |
plant |
Producing new plants asexually by proliferation or fragmentation of sterile tissue, without formation of embryos (or seeds). The logical antecedent of this term is "reproduction," not the taxon in point or "plants," and syntax should be governed accordingly. Whenever this mode of reproduction is noted, the relevant propagative structures should be identified. |
basicauliramous |
|
architecture |
plant |
Having the stem(s) branching at or near the base. See also basiramous. |
hemiparasitic |
|
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. |
leaf-bearing |
= foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Bearing leaves. |
leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
anisophyllous |
|
architecture |
plant, axis |
Heterophyllous and bearing leaves of two or more distinct sizes or shapes on the same plants. |
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. |
…leaved |
= …foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in two-leaved. |
contorted 2 |
= twisted |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having a helical pattern of relief and/or coloration along its length. |
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. |
aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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. |