…angular 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a figure with the number of sides indicated by the prefix. |
extent |
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CHARACTER |
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Reach of the septum or septa within the ovary or fruit, relative to the ovary wall or pericarp and its center. |
disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
opposite 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in pairs along the axis, the members of each pair inserted at the same level across from one another. |
connective |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tissue between and joining the laterally opposed thecae of an anther, connecting them with the distal end of the staminal filament when the latter is present. |
flange |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively broad, circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
fenestrate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
pubescent 1 (broad sense) |
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pubescence |
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Bearing trichomes. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
coronal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the corona. |
lacuna pl. lacunae |
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FEATURE |
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A hole or cavity; an empty space surrounded by tissue in two or three dimensions. |
siliceous |
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texture |
epidermis, trichome |
Containing deposits of silica, thus hardened and abrasive. |
ramentaceous |
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pubescence |
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Of small, fragile, scarious, planate trichomes. |
calyptrate |
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architecture |
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Having or constituting a calyptra. |
palate |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower, prominent labium (lip) of a personate (gaping, ringent) corolla. |
calyptriform |
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solid shape |
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Hollow, roughly circular in cross-section, broader and open distally, and tapering to a closed apex, like a candle snuffer or elongate hood. |
habit |
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CHARACTER |
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General appearance and/or function, usually including explicit or implicit reference to one or more aspects of habitat or other features of the external environment; a logically imprecise traditional category of terms that overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, duration, insertion, location, orientation, position, shape, and texture. |
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. |
monochasium pl. monochasia |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
Determinate and falsely dichotomous with each axial segment bearing a single, sessile terminal flower; presumably derived from a dichasium by loss of the lateral flowers. See also cincinnus, cyme, cymule, dichasium, helicoid cyme, scorpioid cyme. |
apostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having two or more distinct stamens; having the stamens unfused. |
tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
subtending |
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position |
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Arising from the axis just below and very near to the base of some other specified lateral structure. This term is meaningless if the structure that is subtended is not indicated. |
acrocaulous |
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insertion |
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At or very near the stem tip. |
percurrent 1 |
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architecture |
primary or secondary laminar veins |
Running through the entire length of the lamina (blade), or all the way to its margin. |
ridged |
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solid shape |
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Having one or more ridges; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
suprabracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion. |