syngenesious |
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fusion |
flower, androecium |
Having the anthers connate or coherent and forming a ring. |
enation |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively small outgrowth from an otherwise regular boundary or surface of a larger structure. |
suprafoliar |
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insertion |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
cilium 2 pl. cilia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A motile hair- or whip-like structure extending from the surface of a cell. |
tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
exindusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Lacking an indusium. |
connate-perfoliate |
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architecture |
opposite laminar structures |
Having the bases in each pair fused and together encircling the bearing axis. See also amplexicaulous, perfoliate. |
epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
periclinal |
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orientation |
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Parallel to some given plane of reference; applied especially to the plane of cell division when it is oriented parallel to the generalized plane of the structural surface. |
fastigiate |
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arrangement |
branches |
Closely parallel to one another and to the axis of origin over most of their lengths. |
coronal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the corona. |
pollinium pl. pollinia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mass of coherent pollen grains disseminated as a unit by adhering to a pollinating insect, representing the entire content of a single theca or of fused thecae; often distally attenuate to a sterile caudicle (translator arm), which may attach to a viscidium, either directly or through an intervening stipe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
woody-clumping |
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habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a woody clump. See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like. |
floral |
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insertion |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
pseudopetiole |
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STRUCTURE |
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A distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion of a leaf, evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
glandular 1 |
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architecture |
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Having one or more glands. |
prismatic |
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solid shape |
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Uniformly polygonal in transverse section, basally and apically truncate, all faces essentially plane. |
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. |
homochlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth undifferentiated into distinct proximal and distal envelopes (calyx and corolla); composed of tepals, all essentially alike. |
scarious |
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texture |
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Very thin, dry, and not green. |
intercostal |
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position |
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Between the costae. |
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. |
lacunate |
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relief |
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Having relatively large and deep depressions overall. |
basipetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the base, thus more advanced apically or distally than basally or proximally within a given frame of reference. |
soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |