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discal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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adventitious root |
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STRUCTURE |
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A root that arises laterally from some part of a shoot, often from the lower portion of a main stem. |
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epulvinate |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
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tunic |
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STRUCTURE |
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A membranous covering outside the epidermis, especially around bulbs and corms, often becoming loose, sometimes scarious. |
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peripheral |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the outer surfaces or regions of a three-dimensional structure. Although use of this term in two-dimensional contexts is technically correct, traditionally the term marginal is preferred in such cases. |
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polygamous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having both bisexual and unisexual flowers, borne on the same or on different plants. |
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valvate 2 |
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arrangement |
planate structures |
Not overlapping, adjacent members laterally contiguous at their margins. |
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fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
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plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
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xylary |
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position |
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Within or otherwise directly associated with the wood. |
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floricane |
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STRUCTURE |
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A biennial or perennial stem after it has begun flowering, when that does not occur until at least its second season of growth; applied especially to the stems of brambles (Rubus spp.). |
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reproduction |
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CHARACTER |
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Type, morphology, disposition, function and/or dissemination of reproductive structures. |
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herb |
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nominative |
plant |
Annual, biennial, or perennial with no woody (lignified) tissue in any part of the shoot; when persisting over more than one growing season, the parts of the shoot dying back seasonally. |
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raphal |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced or resulting from a modification of the raphe. |
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herbaceous 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Having no significant degree of secondary growth in any part of the shoot, which thus does not develop woody (lignified) tissue. |
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raphe |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the funicle adnate to the integument of an anatropous ovule; represented by a longitudinal ridge or other discontinuity in the surface and/or color of the testa on one side of the mature seed. |
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hyponastic |
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development |
laminar structure |
Having the abaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the adaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole involute or incurved. |
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alternate 2 |
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arrangement |
structures in multiple whorls |
Having those of each whorl staggered radially in relation to those of the adjacent whorl(s). |
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interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
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centripetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the center, thus more advanced peripherally than centrally within a given frame of reference. |
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inflexed |
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orientation |
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Bent adaxially at some point along its length. |
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antisepalous |
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position |
equivalent floral structures |
Each inserted directly above or below a sepal. In place of this term, the phrase "opposite the sepals" is often used, but that contradicts the sense of opposite as otherwise employed (arrangement of lateral structures along an axis) and should be avoided. |
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lamellate |
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apex |
laminar structure |
Having two small terminal plates of tissue closely parallel to one another and perpendicular to the plane of the lamina. |
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clustered 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more aggregates, the members of each inserted close together, thence widely divergent from one another. |
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spathaceous 1 |
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architecture |
plant, inflorescence |
Bearing a spathe or spathes. |
