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size |
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CHARACTER |
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Nature as to absolute or comparative extent in any one dimension or in area or volume. |
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ventrifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached on the adaxial side well above the base. |
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annual 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of annual duration. |
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glandular 1 |
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architecture |
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Having one or more glands. |
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…morphic |
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architecture |
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Existing within the taxon in the number of distinct structural states indicated by the prefix, the states segregated in different sets of plants or not; as in monomorphic, polymorphic, trimorphic. |
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suture |
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FEATURE |
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An evident line of ontogenetic union. |
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costal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the costa(e) of a laminar structure. |
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capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
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spicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more spikes. |
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equal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Essentially uniform in extent. See also subequal, unequal. |
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nectariferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and secreting nectar; when glands are nectariferous, they are usually indicated nominatively as nectaries. |
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rhytidomal |
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position |
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Within, upon, or otherwise directly associated with the bark. |
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taprooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having a taproot. See also diffuse-rooted, fibrous-rooted. |
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cell 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the basic structural/functional units that collectively or individually make up the various tissues of a plant; comprising, at least while physiologically active, a nucleus with included genetic material (chromosomes), a surrounding cytoplasm with included organelles (e.g., ribosomes, mitochondria, plastids), an enclosing membrane, and an exterior cellulosic wall. |
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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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xerocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during drier than normal periods. |
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extrorse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening outwardly, on the abaxial side. See also introrse, latrorse. |
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nutrition |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of acquiring nutrients. |
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thermocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during periods of lower-than-normal temperature. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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pome |
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nominative |
fruit |
Indehiscent with accessory floral tube tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary; the exterior thick and fleshy, the interior consisting of several locules bounded by cartilaginous tissue; in Rosaceae. |
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fibrous |
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texture |
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Having tough, woody or sclerotic strands distributed through a softer matrix. |
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obvolute 2 |
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vernation |
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Conduplicate with the lateral edges of each leaf alternately overlapping those of the oppositely oriented, distally next adjacent one. |
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basipetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the base, thus more advanced apically or distally than basally or proximally within a given frame of reference. |
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prothallus pl. prothalli |
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STRUCTURE |
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A very diminutive thallus that is reproductively mature and undergoes no further growth; in Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta. |
