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basifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached at its base. |
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channeled |
= canaliculate |
solid shape |
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Having a longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. a petiole or petiolule. |
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gynoecium pl. gynoecia var. gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The pistil(s) of a single flower together with any ontogenetically equivalent or subordinate structures present, taken collectively; the total female (ovule-producing) structural complement of a single flower. It may include one to many pistils, each simple or compound. |
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sporangiophore |
< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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A stalk that bears one or more sporangia. |
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bifurcate |
< forked, furcate |
plane shape |
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Having two terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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deca… |
= ten-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by ten entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in decandrous, decagynous, decalocular. |
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lingulate |
= tongue-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
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tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
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aciculate |
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coloration |
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Having fine, irregularly oriented, straight streaks of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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floricane |
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STRUCTURE |
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A biennial or perennial stem after it has begun flowering, when that does not occur until at least its second season of growth; applied especially to the stems of brambles (Rubus spp.). |
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sepal |
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STRUCTURE |
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One of the one or more constituent members of a calyx; usually green and leaf-like, but sometimes with color and/or texture otherwise, sometimes petaloid; may be distinct or else connate with one or more others and/or may be free or else adnate to one or more other floral structures. |
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oil-secreting |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding an oily substance, often aromatic; when oil-secreting glands are indicated in the nominative, often they are called simply oil glands. |
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cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
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horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
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striate 2 |
= streaked; < lineate |
relief |
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Covered with very narrow and shallow, relatively long, more or less straight and parallel depressions. |
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dorsal (not recommended) |
= abaxial |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) away from 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. |
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midnerve |
= midrib, midvein; < costa, nerve, rib, vein |
STRUCTURE |
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A primary vein that runs longitudinally through the center of a leaf or other basically laminar structure. See also lateral vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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ventral (not recommended) |
= adaxial |
position |
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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. |
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axe-shaped |
= dolabriform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basally terete, becoming strongly compressed toward an abruptly and unilaterally broader apex; like an axe (handle plus head). |
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sperm |
> antherozoid, spermatozoid |
STRUCTURE |
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A male gamete. |
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cuboid |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly cubic; more or less equilaterally six-sided, each side basically square. |
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placentation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of the placenta(e) within an ovary. |
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cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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placentiform |
= placenta-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thickly disciform (discoid); like the generalized shape of a human placenta. |
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iridescent |
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coloration |
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Reflecting a pattern colors from throughout the visible spectrum, the pattern changing with the angle of view. |
