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lineolate 2 |
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relief |
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Finely lineate, the depressions or protrusions short and often irregularly oriented. |
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fixation |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of attachment to a supporting structure. |
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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. |
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scar |
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FEATURE |
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A discontinuity in surface color and/or relief due to abscission of a structure formerly borne there. |
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diffuse |
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architecture |
plant, stem |
Having branches remote and divergent to divaricate. |
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stilt root |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively stout or strong adventitious root arising from a woody stem branch and extending downward directly toward the substrate, within which it ultimately becomes anchored, thus supporting the branch of origin; as in some Ficus (Moraceae). |
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flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
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cleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Having the perianth remaining closed through anthesis, preventing deposit of pollen from other flowers, thus only self-pollination possible. |
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bifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that differ distinctly in appearance. |
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striped |
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coloration |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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fluted |
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solid shape |
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Having rounded to angular longitudinal grooves. |
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inferior 2 |
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position |
ovary |
Wholly enclosed by a floral tube casing, the distal portions of the perianth and/or androecium thus arising from its apex. |
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parietal |
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placentation |
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Upon the inner wall surface of a unilocular ovary, thus peripheral within the locule. |
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inflated |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially empty interior largely enclosed by the walls, which are convex overall and appear taut, as though from internal pressure. See also swollen (turgid, tumid), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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duration |
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CHARACTER |
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Extent of lifetime, or persistence and physical state after maturation. |
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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. |
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conoidal |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly conic. |
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velamen pl. velamina |
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STRUCTURE |
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A thin, often chartaceous (papery, papyraceous) or pergamentaceous (parchment-like), outermost tissue layer of an aerial root; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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bursicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
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introrse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening inwardly, on the adaxial side. See also extrorse, latrorse. |
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perennial 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of perennial duration. |
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emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
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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. |
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angular |
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plane shape |
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Having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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germination 1 |
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CHARACTER |
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The process wherein a dormant embryo resumes active metabolism and growth, the primary root and shoot emerging from the seed coat, the young sporophyte thereupon entering the seedling stage. |
