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ray 1 |
< primary axis |
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A first-order axis within a compound umbel. |
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scalloplet |
= crenule |
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A diminutive scallop (crena). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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solid shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall three-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, position, relief, and texture (as to thickness). |
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floral cup 1 (broad sense) |
= floral tube, hypanthium (broad sense) |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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stone |
= pyrene |
STRUCTURE |
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The hard inner portion of a drupe, consisting of osseous endocarp and included seed. |
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terete |
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solid shape |
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Elongate and transversely round, gradually attenuate from base to apex; attenuate-cylindric or attenuate-tubular, broadest at the base. See also obterete. |
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incurved |
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orientation |
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Curving adaxially. See also decurved. |
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unciform |
= hook-shaped |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |
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leaf-opposed |
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position |
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Nodal and directly opposite the leaf. |
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trigonous |
= three-angled, triquetrous; > deltoid, obdeltoid |
solid shape |
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Elongate with three sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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abaxial |
= dorsal (not recommended) |
insertion |
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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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apical |
< distal |
insertion |
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At or very near the developmental end or tip (apex) of a structure. |
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lip cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Either of a pair of adjacent, narrow, transversely oriented, thick-walled cells bordering the pore (stomium) of a sporangium. |
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bifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that differ distinctly in appearance. |
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mushroom-shaped |
= fungiform |
solid shape |
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Having a cylindric base and a considerably broader, pulvinate distal portion; like the generalized form of a mushroom. |
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paleaceous |
= chaffy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, chartaceous (papery) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
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catadromous |
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venation |
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Having the first lateral vein in each pinna or primary segment of the frond arise from its midvein on the side toward the base of the frond, the pinnule or secondary segment that it leads to often disproportionately larger than the next distal ones. |
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pith |
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STRUCTURE |
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The central ground tissue of a stem or, when present, of a root, consisting of thin-walled parenchyma cells; distinct and more or less soft and spongy relative to the other tissues of the axis; sometimes partly or wholly degenerating after secondary growth has begun. |
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conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
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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decurved |
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orientation |
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Curving abaxially. See also incurved. |
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sack-shaped |
= bag-shaped, pouch-shaped, saccate |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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first glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower (proximal) or sometimes solitary small bract inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet, the second glume, when present, inserted immediately above (distal to) it. |
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hydrocyanic |
= almondy |
odor |
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Pungently fruity like almonds, due to the presence of hydrocyanin or a closely related compound. |
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tubiform |
= trumpet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Obteretely tubular with a relatively short distal flare (the limb if a perianth, calyx, or corolla). |
