axile |
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placentation |
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Upon the central axis of a compound, plurilocular ovary. |
subulate 1 |
= awl-shaped |
plane shape |
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Narrowly triangular or truncate-triangular and broadest at the base; like the outline of the lateral face of an awl. |
proximal |
> basal |
position |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure closest to its developmental origin. |
rectangular |
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plane shape |
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Basically four-sided, the sides more or less straight, those of each opposing pair more or less parallel, the generalized angles between adjacent sides approximately 90°. |
manifestation |
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CHARACTER |
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Degree or nature of evidence when present within the context in point. |
dodeca… |
= twelve-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by twelve entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in dodecandrous, dodecalocular, dodecastylous. |
laevigate 2 |
= glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
testicular |
= testes-shaped |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
androgynophore |
< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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A stalk that rises above the level of perianth insertion and bears the free portions of both androecium and gynoecium from its summit; as in Passifloraceae. |
fan-shaped |
= flabellate, flabelliform |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
salt-excreting |
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exudation |
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Accumulating salt and discharging it directly to the exterior in a concentrated aqueous solution, the salt then crystallizing on the exterior following evaporation of the fluid medium; when salt-excreting glands are indicated in the nominative, usually they are called simply salt glands. |
near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
whorled |
= cyclic, seriate, verticillate |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
one-sided 2 |
= unilateral |
orientation |
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Disposed or directed toward one side only. |
hamate |
= hooked, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
crumpled |
= corrugate |
aestivation |
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Having members tightly and irregularly folded, the whole appearing as though wadded upon emergence. |
squama pl. squamae |
= lepis; < scale, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A relatively thick, planate trichome. See also squamella (squamule). |
articulation |
= joint |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinct, relatively narrow zone of demarcation between adjacent main portions of an elongate structure, often thicker than the rest of the structure and sometimes a site of eventual abscission. |
pouch-shaped |
= bag-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
turbinate |
= top-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadly obovoid-obconic; like a spinning top. See also pyriform (pear-shaped), obturbinate. |
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. |
subapical |
= subterminal |
position |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
joint |
= articulation |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinct, relatively narrow zone of demarcation between adjacent main portions of an elongate structure, often thicker than the rest of the structure and sometimes a site of eventual abscission. |
bladder |
= ampulla |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, membranous, hollow, flask-shaped, insectivorous structure borne on a submerged leaf; esp. in Lentibulariaceae. |
colpate |
= fossulate, furrowed, grooved, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (colpi). |