tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
crest |
= crista |
STRUCTURE |
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A laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched, apical protrusion. |
paleaceous |
= chaffy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, chartaceous (papery) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
vasculature |
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STRUCTURE |
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The vascular strands of all orders (veins and veinlets) in a particular part or organ, regarded collectively; consisting of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated supporting and enclosing tissues (e.g., sclerenchyma, collenchyma). |
inclinate |
= declinate |
orientation |
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Bent or curved downward or forward. |
blistered |
= bullate, puckered, pustulate |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate (papillose). |
subspheroid(al) |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost spheroid(al), slightly longer than broad. |
nodal |
> interpetiolar |
position |
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Upon or associated with the nodes. |
single-… |
= mono…, one-…, uni… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by one entity of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in single-celled, single-headed, single-seeded. See also entries for particular terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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. |
forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
antherozoid |
= spermatozoid; < sperm |
STRUCTURE |
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A motile male gamete, produced within an antheridium. |
sawtooth |
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STRUCTURE |
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One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented at an acute angle to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), tooth, toothlet. |
uncinate |
= hamate, hooked |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
distal |
> apical |
position |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure farthest from its developmental origin. |
basal cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the ring of cells forming the lowermost (proximal) portion of an antheridial wall. |
epicarp |
= exocarp |
STRUCTURE |
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The outermost tissue layer of a pericarp. |
claw |
= unguis |
STRUCTURE |
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The abruptly much narrower proximal portion, when present, of a laminar structure, esp. a petal; of variable shape itself, but usually attenuate toward the base. |
corona pl. coronae, coronas |
> gynostegium |
STRUCTURE |
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A crown-like set of connate or distinct appendages or enations borne upon a corolla or androecium or between them. |
one-sided 3 |
= unilateral |
position |
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Upon or arising from one side only of the bearing structure. |
squamule 1 |
= squamella; < scale |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive squama (lepis). |
greasy 1 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
seta 2 pl. setae |
= bristle; > glochid, glochidium |
STRUCTURE |
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A trichome that is elongate, slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, and stiff. |
lateral |
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position |
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To, toward, at, or upon a side, not apical or basal. |
fiddle-shaped |
= pandurate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |