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spire-shaped |
= strombuliform |
solid shape |
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Attenuate-spiral in three dimensions, the coils contiguous or not. |
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intravaginal |
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insertion |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
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tooth pl. teeth |
= dens |
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One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), toothlet. |
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lineate 2 |
> streaked, striate |
relief |
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Having very narrow, straight, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also lineolate. |
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vasculature |
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The vascular strands of all orders (veins and veinlets) in a particular part or organ, regarded collectively; consisting of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated supporting and enclosing tissues (e.g., sclerenchyma, collenchyma). |
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arrangement |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of equivalent structures with respect to one another (positions/insertions and/or orientations, regarded collectively) within some explicit or implicit standard context. Overlaps conceptually with habit, insertion, orientation, position, and shape. |
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mamilla pl. mamillae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A nipple- or teat-shaped protrusion. |
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bristle 1 |
= arista, awn, seta |
STRUCTURE |
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A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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nucellus pl. nucelli |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distinct, genetically diploid tissue layer immediately surrounding the embryo sac of an ovule; often considered equivalent to a megasporangium wall. |
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partial |
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extent |
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Not reaching fully from the ovary wall or pericarp to the center of the ovary or fruit and/or from the apex to the base of its interior, thus not completely separating adjacent locules, which are recognized and delimited by extrapolating from the incomplete septal boundary(ies), the ovary or fruit nonetheless effectively unilocular. |
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corticate |
= hard-coated |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
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reclinate |
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vernation |
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Each with its blade oriented downward and parallel to the proximal portion of its distally recurved petiole. |
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epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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scarious |
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texture |
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Very thin, dry, and not green. |
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hair-like |
= capillary, capillate |
solid shape |
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Finely filiform; resembling a hair. |
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strict |
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course |
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Lacking any curve or bend. |
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indusium pl. indusia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
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tessellate 1 |
= checkered |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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lemma pl. lemmata, lemmas |
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STRUCTURE |
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The proximal bract of the (usually) two that immediately subtend the flower in a grass (Poaceae) floret; the other is the palea. |
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unguis pl. ungues |
= claw |
STRUCTURE |
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The abruptly much narrower proximal portion, when present, of a laminar structure, esp. a petal; of variable shape itself, but usually attenuate toward the base. |
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…lobed |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in five-lobed. |
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bladder |
= ampulla |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, membranous, hollow, flask-shaped, insectivorous structure borne on a submerged leaf; esp. in Lentibulariaceae. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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cauline |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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palmatifid |
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plane shape |
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Palmately lobate; having three or more lobes whose longitudinal axes radiate from a common point. |
