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mucous 1 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
coating |
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Of a slimy substance, or becoming so upon wetting. |
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carpel |
< macrosporophyll (not recommended), megasporophyll, pistil |
STRUCTURE |
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A more or less abstract unit of floral structure conceptually equivalent to a simple pistil or its putative evolutionary precursor (megasporophyll) or derivative (constituent of compound pistil); often regarded as the basic evolutionary unit of the gynoecium. |
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ovoid |
= egg-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broadest near a bluntly rounded base, and convexly attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like a fowl egg. See also obovoid. |
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compressed |
= complanate; < flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened bilaterally, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from opposing sides, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Used alone, this term usually implies a strong degree of flattening; otherwise, it is often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., compressed-ovoid. See also depressed, obcompressed. |
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pinnule |
< leaflet |
STRUCTURE |
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A second- or higher-order division or leaflet of a pinnate frond; a division of a pinna; in Polypodiophyta. |
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punctum pl. puncta |
= dot |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
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concave-tapered 1 |
= acuminate |
apex |
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Gradually diminishing in width or diameter to a slender tip, the sides longitudinally concave. Corresponds with attenuate for base shape. |
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pistil |
> carpel |
STRUCTURE |
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Any simple or compound, discrete or histologically distinct, female (ovule-producing) floral structure, or any putatively homologous sterile structure; comprising an ovary and one or more stigmas borne either directly upon the ovary or upon one or more intervening styles. See also gynoecium. |
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pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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eight-… |
= octa… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by eight entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in eight-carpelled, eight-flowered, eight-stamened. |
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fiddle-shaped |
= pandurate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |
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shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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glandular 1 |
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architecture |
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Having one or more glands. |
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hooded |
= cucullate |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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surficial |
= superficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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warty |
= tuberculate, tuberculose, verrucose |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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androecial tube |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tubular portion of an androecium in which the component structures have fused with one another laterally over part or all their lengths. |
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banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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microsporangium pl. microsporangia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces microspores. |
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calyptriform |
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solid shape |
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Hollow, roughly circular in cross-section, broader and open distally, and tapering to a closed apex, like a candle snuffer or elongate hood. |
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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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cochleate |
= snail-shell-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively broad and short, basically round in transverse section, resembling a rapidly tapering spire overall, the exterior helically convoluted; like a snail shell. |
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perisperm |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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A genetically diploid (2n chromosomes) nutritive tissue in a seed; containing stored carbohydrate and/or oil utilized by the embryo prior to and especially upon germination; derived from the nucellus. See also endosperm (albumen). |
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crustaceous |
= crusty |
texture |
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Thin, dry, hard, and brittle. |
