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funicular |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of the funiculus (funicle). |
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caducous |
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duration |
structure |
Deciduous upon or immediately after emergence, with little or no evident senescence beforehand. |
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continuous 3 |
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architecture |
rachilla, rachis |
Not disarticulating at maturity. |
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involucrate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Subtended by an involucre. |
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endophytic |
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habit |
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Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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anisophyllous |
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architecture |
plant, axis |
Heterophyllous and bearing leaves of two or more distinct sizes or shapes on the same plants. |
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episepalous |
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position |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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cross-vein |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively short, secondary or higher-order vein that runs directly between two veins of the next lower order, intersecting them more or less perpendicularly. |
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lanulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely lanate. |
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pubescent 1 (broad sense) |
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pubescence |
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Bearing trichomes. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
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strigose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing sharp, rigid, appressed, capillate trichomes. See also strigillose (strigulose). |
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extrafloral |
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insertion |
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Outside and proximal to the flower; esp. nectaries. |
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parasitic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Heterotrophic and obtaining essential nourishment directly from other living organisms that derive no reciprocal benefit. |
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unifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that are essentially similar in appearance. |
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aristate 2 |
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apex |
pappus scale |
Terminating in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
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rachilla 2 var. rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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A second-order axis in an inflorescence, especially the axis bearing the florets in a spikelet; esp. in Cyperaceae, Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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fertile |
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reproduction |
plant, reproductive structure |
Producing functional spores, gametes, pollen, ovules, seeds, or other propagules. |
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percurrent 2 |
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architecture |
tertiary laminar veins |
Perpendicular to and interconnecting adjacent parallel secondary veins, the secondary and tertiary veins together forming a scalariform pattern. |
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simple 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular and unbranched. |
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herb |
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nominative |
plant |
Annual, biennial, or perennial with no woody (lignified) tissue in any part of the shoot; when persisting over more than one growing season, the parts of the shoot dying back seasonally. |
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receptacular |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the receptacle. |
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spathaceous 1 |
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architecture |
plant, inflorescence |
Bearing a spathe or spathes. |
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basicauliramous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having the stem(s) branching at or near the base. See also basiramous. |
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homosporous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Producing only one type of spore, each spore giving rise to a gametophyte that bears gametangia of both sexual types. |
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rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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See rachilla. |
