waxy 1 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxen; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose |
coating |
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Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. |
tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
operculum pl. opercula |
= lid |
STRUCTURE |
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A distal, cover-like portion of a structure whose main body is otherwise closed, transversely discontinuous with the main body around most of the circumference, or becoming partially or wholly separate by transverse dehiscence; as of an ascidium (pitcher), pollen grain, pyxis, or sporangium (spore case). |
caudex pl. caudices |
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STRUCTURE |
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The short, persistent, thickened, more or less erect, main stem of a perennial plant that otherwise has annual stems. |
corneous |
= horny |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
oblanceolate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely lanceolate (lancehead-shaped). |
circinate 1 |
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solid shape |
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Terete and rolled downward from the apex in a tight coil. |
perigynium 1 pl. perigynia |
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STRUCTURE |
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Two whorls of bracts, scales or setae immediately subtending the ovary, sometimes cupulate (cup-shaped) or ampulliform (flask-shaped, lageniform) and investing the fruit (achene); in Cyperaceae. |
round |
= orbiculate, orbicular misapplied |
plane shape |
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Circular. |
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. |
cyclic |
= seriate, verticillate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
homomorphic |
> homocladic, homophyllous, homostylous |
architecture |
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Occurring in only one form within the taxon in point. |
ascidium pl. ascidia |
= pitcher, pitcher-blade |
STRUCTURE |
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An ascidiform (pitcher-shaped) leaf blade, sometimes operculate (lidded), usually carnivorous; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
lacrimate |
= teardrop-shaped |
plane shape |
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Like the stylized lateral outline of a teardrop; broadest just below the middle, broadly rounded to the base, and acutely attenuate to the apex; like the stylized lateral outline of a teardrop. |
gum |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A highly viscous and sticky exudate that becomes more or less elastic and/or deformably solid upon drying. Overlaps conceptually with latex. |
mitriform |
= mitre-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadest and transversely round to oval proximally, tapering bilaterally above the middle to a central peak; like a peaked hat or cap. |
versatile |
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fixation |
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Attached in a manner allowing free rotation and declination. |
mammose |
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solid shape |
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Having mammae. |
capitate 2 |
= headed |
solid shape |
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Abruptly enlarged distally to a relatively short, terminal portion that is basically round in transverse section. |
cone scale |
< macrosporophyll (not recommended), megasporophyll, microsporophyll; > ovuliferous scale |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the membranous, fleshy, or woody sporophylls of a cone (strobilus); esp. in Pinophyta. |
ray 1 |
< primary axis |
STRUCTURE |
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A first-order axis within a compound umbel. |
feminine |
= female |
reproduction |
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Of the sex that produces megaspores and ova. |
netted 2 |
= reticulate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |