ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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. |
weeping |
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architecture |
plant |
Having elongate, flexible, pendent branches. |
bulbous |
= bulbose |
architecture |
plant |
Growing from and/or bearing bulbs. |
fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
amphibious |
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habit |
plant |
Able to live in either aquatic or terrestrial habitats; e.g., adapted to periodic inundation on floodplains. |
tree |
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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. |
acaulous |
= stemless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking any evident, elongate, aboveground stem, other than reproductive axes, at maturity, the leaves and/or reproductive axes arising essentially at substrate level from a very short axis with highly congested nodes. |
caulescent |
= stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having at maturity an evident, elongate, aboveground stem or stems from which branches, leaves, and/or reproductive axes arise at one or more levels along its length. |
amphicarpic |
= amphicarpous |
architecture |
plant |
Producing two morphologically or phenologically different types of fruit. |
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. |
knee-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having knee roots. |
amphicarpous |
= amphicarpic |
architecture |
plant |
Producing two morphologically or phenologically different types of fruit. |
cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
hemiepiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
biennial 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of biennial duration. |
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. |
microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
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. |
liana |
< vine |
nominative |
plant |
Perennial with elongate ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that climb upon trees and shrubs. |
pitcher-leaved |
= ascidiate |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing pitcher-bladed (ascidiate) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
subshrubby |
> suffrutescent, suffruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a subshrub (undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, woody-clumping. |
lianous |
< viny |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that climb upon trees and shrubs. |