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medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
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bundle scar |
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FEATURE |
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A smaller scar within the bounds of a leaf scar at the point where a vascular bundle traversed the abscission layer between stem and leaf. |
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obovate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely ovate (egg-shaped). |
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clavate |
= club-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and basically round in transverse section, the diameter greatest at or near a blunt apex, thence attenuate toward the base, the degree of taper greatest between the middle and the upper quarter. |
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…crenate |
= …-scalloped |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of crenae (scallops) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in bicrenate, twice-crenate. See also …dentate (…-toothed), …serrate (…-sawtoothed). |
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primary stem |
= main stem; > bole, trunk |
STRUCTURE |
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The one, or any of the more than one, first-order stem(s), or first-order portion(s) of the collective stem, of a shoot. |
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reticulate 2 |
= netted |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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exalate 1 |
= wingless |
architecture |
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Lacking elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
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seed coat |
= testa |
STRUCTURE |
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The outer protective layer of a seed, developed from the ovular integument(s). |
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foveolate |
= fine-pitted, scrobiculate |
relief |
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Finely foveate (pitted). |
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spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |
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headed 2 |
= capitate |
solid shape |
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Abruptly enlarged distally to a relatively short, terminal portion that is basically round in transverse section. |
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ligule 4 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal, relatively flat portion of the zygomorphic corolla of a ligulate floret, terminating in 5 teeth or lobes; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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valleculate |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate |
architecture |
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Having one or more relatively narrow and shallow longitudinal depressions; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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macrosporangium pl. macrosporangia (not recommended) |
= megasporangium |
STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces megaspores. |
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aculeate |
= spinose, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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aril 1 (broad sense) |
> arillode, arillus |
STRUCTURE |
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An appendicular structure that wholly or partly envelops a seed and is produced from or a modification of the funicle, raphe, outer integument, or (in some Pinophyta) a subtending involucre; usually fleshy or pulpy, sometimes spongy or tufted-capillate, often brightly colored. |
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macrospore (not recommended) |
= megaspore |
STRUCTURE |
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A female spore; a spore of the larger of two types produced by the sporophytes of a heterosporous taxon; produced in a megasporangium; giving rise upon germination to a megagametophyte. |
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bractlet 1 |
= bracteole; < bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
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nodose |
= knobby, knotty |
solid shape |
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Having nodiform (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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chamber (not recommended) |
= cell (not recommended), locule |
FEATURE |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
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paraphysis pl. paraphyses |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, multicellular, sterile structure borne between sporangia within a sorus; in Polypodiophyta. |
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corolla pl. corollae, corollas |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the petals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the inner or distal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (calyx) is actually present or is deemed to be absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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pollinarium pl. pollinaria |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pollinium together with, when present, its stipe and viscidium; the entire unit of pollinium dispersal. |
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raphides sing. raphis |
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STRUCTURE |
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Needle-like crystals of calcium oxalate contained within the cells of some plants; esp. in Araceae. |
