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mammose |
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solid shape |
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Having mammae. |
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bristly |
> hispid, setose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. |
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nutrition |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of acquiring nutrients. |
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cilium 1 pl. cilia |
> capillus, hair; >< trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A hair-like trichome or other surficial process. |
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…partite |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in tripartite. |
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reduced |
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size |
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Unusually or unexpectedly small. |
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foliar |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the leaves. |
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sperm |
> antherozoid, spermatozoid |
STRUCTURE |
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A male gamete. |
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half-obterete |
= semiobterete |
solid shape |
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Inversely half-terete; obterete but flattened on one side. |
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striped |
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coloration |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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inflexed |
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orientation |
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Bent adaxially at some point along its length. |
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testicular |
= testes-shaped |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
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lenticular 1 |
= biconvex, lens-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate, narrow, broadest at the middle, attenuate to acute ends, the sides convex; like the outline of a double-convex lens viewed from its edge. |
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acetabuliform |
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solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broader than long, widest near or at the middle, relatively thin-walled, the hollow interior open distally; like a shallow bowl with strongly incurved sides. |
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blotch |
= macula, spot |
FEATURE |
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An area that differs in color from the rest of a structure's surface. See also eyespot. |
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nectariferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and secreting nectar; when glands are nectariferous, they are usually indicated nominatively as nectaries. |
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…celled |
= …cellular |
architecture |
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Having the number of cells indicated by the prefix; as in one-celled, few-celled, 5-celled. |
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contorted 1 |
= convolute |
aestivation |
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Imbricate and whorled, each member in turn overlapped by that to one side and overlapping that to the other, the whole tightly rolled and appearing as though twisted. |
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plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
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…dentate 1 |
= …-toothed |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in tridentate. |
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radiate 2 |
= radial, radiant, stellate |
arrangement |
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Disposed about and mutually divergent from a common geometric center in two or three dimensions, thus collectively actinomorphic. |
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endosperm |
= albumen |
STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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A genetically triploid (3n chromosomes) nutritive tissue in a seed; containing stored carbohydrate and/or oil utilized by the embryo prior to and especially upon germination; derived from fusion of the two polar nuclei (n + n chromosomes) of the embryo sac with a sperm nucleus from the pollen tube (n chromosomes). See also perisperm. |
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sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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flagellum pl. flagella |
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STRUCTURE |
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A very slender whip-like structure that extends from the main body of an antherozoid and, by active undulation, propels the cell through a liquid medium. |
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sinuate |
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margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating concavities and convexities. See also repand. |
