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weeping |
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architecture |
plant |
Having elongate, flexible, pendent branches. |
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gynecandrous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having a distal sector with only pistillate flowers and a proximal sector with only staminate ones. |
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cryptocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) remaining inside the seed coat. |
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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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leaf scar |
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FEATURE |
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A scar on a twig or stem due to abscission of a megaphyll; having an outline like that of a transverse section through the base of the petiole, sheath, or blade that was inserted there. |
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plicate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Valvate with each member strongly infolded longitudinally. |
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accrescent |
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duration |
structure |
Increasing further in size after the bearing structure has become functionally mature; esp. a calyx after anthesis. |
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false |
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derivation |
indusium |
Constituting a marginal fold of the lamina as a whole and not a distinct enation from the epidermis. |
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asepalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth |
Lacking sepals. |
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oblanceolate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely lanceolate (lancehead-shaped). |
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runcinate |
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plane shape |
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Basically obovate with a series of retrorse, acute lobes on either side, these diminishing in size toward the base. |
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thyrsate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
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circular |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a circle. |
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ligule 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An adaxial, distal enation from a leaf sheath, especially in most grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae); usually unitary and membranous, sometimes instead consisting of a row of ciliate processes. See also hastula. |
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filament |
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STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a stamen, clearly differentiated from and bearing at its summit an anther. |
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heteropolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
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oil-secreting |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding an oily substance, often aromatic; when oil-secreting glands are indicated in the nominative, often they are called simply oil glands. |
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tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
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discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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pseudolamina pl. pseudolaminae |
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STRUCTURE |
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The expanded part of a phyllode (phyllodium), resembling a blade but evolutionarily derived from the petiole. |
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coherent |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
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included |
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position |
anther, style |
Not protruding beyond the floral envelope. See also exsert(ed). |
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papilla pl. papillae |
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FEATURE |
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A small, conoidal protrusion resembling a pimple. See also pustule (blister, bulla). |
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septate 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular to multicellular with transverse partitions (septa) that are common cell walls (intercellular) and/or intrusions from longitudinal cell walls (intracellular). |
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pyramidal |
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solid shape |
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Transversely triangular or polygonal, broadest at the base and regularly attenuate to an angular apex, all faces essentially plane. |
