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gynodioecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having some plants with only bisexual flowers and some with only pistillate ones. |
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neuter |
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architecture |
flower, floret |
Lacking both stamens and pistils. |
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farina pl. farinae, farinas |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A dry, meal- or flour-like covering. |
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deciduous 1 |
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duration |
structure |
Separating and falling away from the bearing axis, organ or plant prior to senescence of the latter, usually by developing an anatomically distinct, transverse, basal zone of cells (abcission layer), where separation occurs. See also seasonally deciduous. |
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circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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ligule 4 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal, relatively flat portion of the zygomorphic corolla of a ligulate floret, terminating in 5 teeth or lobes; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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praemorse |
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apex |
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Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
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circumscissile |
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dehiscence |
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Splitting transversely through the exterior wall about its entire circumference, the resulting upper cap-like portion falling away. |
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diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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tubular |
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solid shape |
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Cylindric or attenuate-cylindric overall and with a hollow interior open at one or both ends. |
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hydathode |
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STRUCTURE |
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A multicellular, anatomically distinctive structure located within a leaf at its periphery, its cells surrounding a central canal that opens to the exterior, through which water is actively discharged under humid conditions that impede the rate of transpiration; this liquid discharge is termed guttation. |
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secund 2 |
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architecture |
stem |
Having the petioles oriented such that the main bodies of all the leaves lie to one side of the bearing stem. |
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disciform 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are usually pistillate and that have relatively slender actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of florets that are bisexual or functionally staminate and that have relatively broader actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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lumen pl. lumina |
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FEATURE |
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A space enclosed by the wall(s) or membrane(s) of a structure. |
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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). |
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collar 2 |
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FEATURE |
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The junction between the sheath and blade of a leaf; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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bottom-rooted |
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habit |
plant |
Aquatic and rooted in the substrate beneath the water. |
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incumbent 2 |
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orientation |
anther |
Oppositely parallel to the filament on the adaxial side of the latter. |
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fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
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maturation |
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CHARACTER |
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Timing of the attainment of functional maturity, sometimes relative to other structures, sometimes as to constituent structures relative to each other. |
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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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bulbel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A comparatively small bulb branching laterally from a larger, currently primary one. |
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intercostal |
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insertion |
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Between the costae. |
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elater 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, flattened, hygroscopic enation from a spore, straightening upon desiccation and aiding transport by air; esp. in Equisetaceae. |
