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moniliform |
= beaded |
solid shape |
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Elongate, relatively slender, transversely round, and more or less regularly constricted over its length, the whole straight or variously curved; like a necklace of beads. |
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cap cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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The single cell, or one of the several cells, forming the uppermost (distal) portion of an antheridial wall. |
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one-sided 3 |
= unilateral |
position |
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Upon or arising from one side only of the bearing structure. |
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petiole |
< stalk, stipe (broad sense, not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a leaf. |
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cup-shaped |
= calyciform, cupulate |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
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series |
= cycle, verticil, whorl |
STRUCTURE |
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A set of three or more lateral structures that are inserted around an axis at the same level. |
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squamiform |
= scale-like |
solid shape |
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Isodiametric to elongate in broad outline, relatively very thin, and planate to moderately concave-convex. |
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hilum 2 pl. hila |
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FEATURE |
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The more or less central point within a starch grain of intracellular origin, about which the successive layers of starch were accreted more or less symmetrically. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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jointed |
= articulate(d) |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these joints (articulations) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
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tri… 2 |
= thrice-…, triple-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of three hierarchical orders of the type of entity or pattern denoted by the term's stem; as in tripinnate. See also entries for particular terms beginning with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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vestiture |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See vesture. |
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alveolate |
= honeycombed |
relief |
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Having generally uniform, regularly and closely disposed, transversely polygonal depressions overall, the pattern resembling the external aspect of a honeycomb. |
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auriform |
= ear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Resembling a mammalian outer ear. |
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bursicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
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obsolete (not recommended) |
= rudimentary; > vestigial |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa. |
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cleft |
? dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented |
plane shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the margin or surface and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
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crescent-shaped |
= lunate |
plane shape |
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Arcuate, broadest at the middle, and attenuate to acute ends; like the stylized outline of a first-quarter moon. |
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prismatic |
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solid shape |
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Uniformly polygonal in transverse section, basally and apically truncate, all faces essentially plane. |
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dissected |
? cleft, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
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retrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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seedling |
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PLANT |
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A plant in the first stages of its growth following emergence from the seed. |
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free-central |
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placentation |
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Upon the free axial column of a compound, unilocular ovary. |
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spinulose |
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architecture |
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Finely spinose. |
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suborbicular |
= subglobose, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost orbicular, slightly longer than broad. |
