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oblong 2 |
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solid shape |
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Compressed-ellipsoid, the sides approximately parallel from near one end to near the other. See also ellipsoid(al). |
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decurved |
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orientation |
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Curving abaxially. See also incurved. |
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linear 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Disposed in a more or less straight line. |
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stephanocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented meridionally. |
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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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first glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower (proximal) or sometimes solitary small bract inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet, the second glume, when present, inserted immediately above (distal to) it. |
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hirtellous |
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pubescence |
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Finely hirsute. |
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scaly 2 |
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architecture |
bud, bulb |
Invested by scale-like (squamiform) structures. |
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hypochilium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The proximal portion of a labellum (lip) that has distinct proximal, distal, and sometimes also central parts; in Orchidaceae. See also epichilium, mesochilium. |
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tunicate |
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architecture |
structure |
Having a tunic. |
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acroscopic |
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orientation |
subordinate structure |
Directed, facing, or pointing ("looking") toward the apex of the bearing structure. |
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…colporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix, each containing a pore; as in dicolporate, 3-colporate. |
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induplicate |
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aestivation |
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Basically valvate but with each member involute, the lateral abaxial surfaces of adjacent members contiguous. |
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colporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (colpi), each containing a pore. |
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parallelodromous |
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venation |
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Having two or more primary veins that run more or less parallel to one another over most of the laminar length and converge near the apex. |
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racemose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more racemes. |
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fruit |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unitary seed-bearing structure of a flowering plant, consisting of the matured or ripened pistil(s) of one or more flowers along with any other floral or vegetative tissue(s) persisting adnate to them; characteristic of and unique to Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae). |
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interrupted 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the leaflets alternately large and small. |
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pepo |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a berry but derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary, with accessory floral-tube tissue adnate to the pericarp, having a relatively thin, hard or leathery rind and a thicker, fleshy inner wall that surrounds a mass of seeds; esp. in Cucurbitaceae. |
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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). |
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bulliform |
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solid shape |
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Resembling a blister; broad, relatively thin at the periphery, the lower surface approximately flat, the upper shallowly to strongly convex. |
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mixed-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
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supervolute |
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vernation |
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Each with one side rolled adaxially inward from the margin and enveloped by the abaxially rolled opposite side. |
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gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
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corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
