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basiramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the base. See also basicauliramous. |
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ostiole |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal aperture of a syconium (fig); in Ficus (Moraceae). |
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tuber |
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STRUCTURE |
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An enlarged, basically subterranean stem segment or thallus outgrowth containing a high proportion of storage tissue and functioning as a perennating and often vegetatively propagative structure. |
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diplecolobal |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Incumbent but with the cotyledons folded together twice or more, the folds transverse. |
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coating |
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CHARACTER |
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Exudate that covers the surface proper. See also indumentum (vesture), pubescence. |
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umbellet |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A single set of pedicellate flowers in a compound umbel. |
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adventitious bud |
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STRUCTURE |
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A vegetative or floral bud that arises directly from a root or from some site on a shoot other than a leaf axil or stem apex. |
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manifestation |
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CHARACTER |
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Degree or nature of evidence when present within the context in point. |
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infrapetiolar |
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insertion |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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sheathing 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Differentiated into distinct proximal and distal portions, the former terete or involute and closely enclosing the bearing axis above the point of insertion. |
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amplexicaul |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
See amplexicaulous. |
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…merous |
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architecture |
compound or compound-complex structure |
Having the number of equivalent component parts indicated by the prefix (e.g., petals in a corolla), or having different component sets of equivalent parts of that number in each set (e.g., calyx and corolla in a perianth); as in monomerous, oligomerous, polymerous, tetramerous, trimerous. |
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contractile |
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architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
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involute 2 |
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vernation |
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Each rolled adaxially from the lateral margins. |
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pericolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Pericolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
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vernation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of leaves in the bud. |
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glandular 2 |
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exudation |
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Anatomically distinct and producing and exuding a particular substance. |
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motile |
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habit |
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Able to translocate by intrinsic means, as by flagellar propulsion. |
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capsule |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, longitudinally or poricidally dehiscent, and derived from a compound ovary with one or more locules; containing one or more seeds. See also pyxis. |
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equatorial ridge |
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FEATURE |
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A circumferential ring about a megaspore in the plane of its equator, raised above the remainder of the wall surface; in some heterosporous taxa of Polypodiophyta. |
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latex pl. latices, latexes |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A moderately viscous and sticky exudate, often milky, sometimes otherwise colored or clear. Overlaps conceptually with gum. |
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plated |
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relief |
bark |
Fissured in a more or less regular, anastomosing pattern with distinct, relatively large, undisturbed sectors intervening, the latter ultimately falling away more or less intact after attaining considerable thickness. |
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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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exudation |
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CHARACTER |
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Discharged substance, as to type. |
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rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
