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unilateral 3 |
= one-sided |
position |
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Upon or arising from one side only of the bearing structure. |
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aciculate |
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coloration |
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Having fine, irregularly oriented, straight streaks of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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bole |
= trunk; < main stem, primary stem |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively stout, columnar, main stem of a distinct aboveground portion of a tree. |
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nerve |
= vein; > costa, midnerve , midrib, midvein, rib |
STRUCTURE |
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A strand belonging to any except the ultimate (least in diameter) order of vasculature in a leaf or other foliaceous structure. See also lateral vein, primary vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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centrifugal |
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development |
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Proceeding away from the center, thus more advanced centrally than peripherally within a given frame of reference. |
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pannose |
< felted |
pubescence |
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Bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. See also panniform. |
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convolute 1 |
= contorted |
aestivation |
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Imbricate and whorled, each member in turn overlapped by that to one side and overlapping that to the other, the whole tightly rolled and appearing as though twisted. |
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radicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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The primary root, or its primordium, in an embryo; the portion of an embryo axis that develops into the root. |
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entire |
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margin |
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Uninterrupted; not deviating significantly from its general line, thus lacking any localized convexities or concavities. |
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…-sawtoothed |
= …serrate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of sawteeth indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-sawtoothed. See also …-scalloped (…crenate), …-toothed (…dentate). |
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flattened |
> complanate, compressed, depressed, obcompressed |
solid shape |
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Convex overall but with one or more sides or ends distinctly deviating toward plane, as though pressed or squeezed there. |
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slashed |
= laciniate; < cut, incised, lacerate, torn |
plane shape |
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Having relatively close, more or less straight lines of separation exending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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greasy 2 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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stipel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stipular analogue subtending a leaflet. |
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tailed 2 |
= caudate |
base |
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With one or more relatively slender, retrorse basal enations or appendages. |
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two-… |
= bi…, di… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by two entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in two-cleft, two-flowered, two-loculed. See also individual entries for terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination; and also double-… (bi…, twice-…). |
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anther |
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STRUCTURE |
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The fertile, loculate, pollen-bearing portion of a stamen, containing one, two, or four thecae (pollen sacs), when that portion is differentiated from and borne at the summit of a narrower supporting stalk (filament), or when such differentiation is deemed to have occurred in the evolutionary past with subsequent reduction of the filament (the anther then sessile and constituting the entirety of the stamen). |
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beaklet 1 |
= rostellum |
STRUCTURE |
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A small beak or rostrum. |
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mucilaginous 1 |
= mucous; < glutinous |
coating |
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Of a slimy substance, or becoming so upon wetting. |
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overlapping 1 |
= imbricate(d) |
aestivation |
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Having members whorled or spirally inserted and overlapping one another, each overlapping or overlapped to either side, and also above or below if spirally arranged or in multiple whorls. |
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compound |
= composite |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
plane shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
relief |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
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egg-shaped 1 |
= ovate |
plane shape |
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Elongate and wholly convex, widest near a bluntly rounded base and attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like the lateral outline of a fowl egg. See also obovate. |
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round |
= orbiculate, orbicular misapplied |
plane shape |
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Circular. |
