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sub-basifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached just above its base. |
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vernation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of leaves in the bud. |
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nodulose |
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solid shape |
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Diminutively nodose; esp. roots of Fabaceae (Leguminosae), the nodules harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria. |
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submergent |
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location |
structure of aquatic plant |
Descending from above the water surface to a point beneath it. |
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mottled |
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coloration |
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Having one or more indistinctly delineated, irregularly shaped, areas of varying size and contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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exudation |
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CHARACTER |
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Discharged substance, as to type. |
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raphe |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the funicle adnate to the integument of an anatropous ovule; represented by a longitudinal ridge or other discontinuity in the surface and/or color of the testa on one side of the mature seed. |
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galea pl. galeae, galeas |
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STRUCTURE |
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A galeate (galeiform, helmet-shaped) sepal or petal in a zygomorphic calyx or corolla, differing markedly in shape from and sometimes partially enclosing the other sepals or petals. |
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barbellulate |
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architecture |
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Bearing one or more barbellules (barbellulae). |
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piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
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biennial 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of biennial duration. |
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plane shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall two-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, and position. |
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adenopetalous 2 |
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derivation |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals derived from glandular structures. |
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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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embryo |
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STRUCTURE |
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The rudimentary spermatophyte contained within a viable seed. |
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involucel |
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STRUCTURE |
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One or more closely proximate whorls of bractlets (bracteoles, prophylls) immediately subtending (below or outside) a subordinate portion of an inflorescence that is subtended as a whole by an involucre, the bractlets often leaf-like, sometimes petaloid. |
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throat 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The far distal portion of a perianth, calyx, or corolla tube, or of a leaf sheath, surrounding the orifice of the tube or sheath, sometimes constricted relative to the diameter of the main body of the tube or sheath; except in disc florets of Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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hysterophyllous |
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maturation |
non-foliar structure, esp. flower |
Maturing later than the leaves. |
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clustered 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more aggregates, the members of each inserted close together, thence widely divergent from one another. |
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ligule 3 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively small, attenuate, membranous, laminar enation from the adaxial surface of a leaf near its base; in Selaginella, Isoetes. |
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…ternate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the number of orders of leaflets indicated by the prefix, each order ternate; as in biternate, thrice-ternate. |
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gummy |
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texture |
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Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
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epipetalous |
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position |
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Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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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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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). |
