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submersed |
= submerged |
location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Beneath the water surface. |
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submerged |
= submersed |
location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Beneath the water surface. |
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subglobose |
= suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost globose, slightly longer than broad. |
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subcircular |
= subround; suborbicular misapplied, subrotund misapplied |
plane shape |
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Compressed circular or very broadly elliptic, only slightly longer than wide. |
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semistalked |
= subsessile |
architecture |
structure |
Almost stalkless; having a very short, somewhat indistinct stalk. |
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undershrub |
= subshrub, suffrutex |
nominative |
plant |
Of shrub-like form but with only the base woody, bearing herbaceous branches that die back at the end of each growing season. See also bush, frutex, shrub, tree, woody clump. |
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suffrutex pl. suffrutices |
= subshrub, undershrub |
nominative |
plant |
Of shrub-like form but with only the base woody, bearing herbaceous branches that die back at the end of each growing season. See also bush, frutex (shrub), tree, woody clump. |
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subapical |
= subterminal |
insertion |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
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subapical |
= subterminal |
position |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
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awl-shaped 1 |
= subulate |
plane shape |
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Narrowly triangular or truncate-triangular and broadest at the base; like the outline of the lateral face of an awl. |
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awl-shaped 2 |
= subulate |
solid shape |
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Slender, essentially terete, and straight, gradually attenuate from a relatively narrow base to a very narrow, blunt to angular apex. |
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subshrub |
= suffrutex, undershrub |
nominative |
plant |
Of shrub-like form but with only the base woody, bearing herbaceous branches that die back at the end of each growing season. See also bush, shrub (frutex), tree, woody clump. |
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surficial |
= superficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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surficial |
= superficial |
position |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
position |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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turgid |
= swollen, tumid |
solid shape |
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Engorged in appearance, convex overall with the surface appearing taut, as though from internal pressure. See also inflated, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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tumid |
= swollen, turgid |
solid shape |
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Engorged in appearance, convex overall with the surface appearing taut , as though from internal pressure. See also inflated, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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ensate |
= sword-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like the outline of the lateral face of a broadsword blade. |
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ensiform |
= sword-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, strongly compressed, the opposite faces plane, parallel, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like a broadsword blade. |
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fig |
= syconium; < coenocarp, infructescence (not recommended), multiple fruit, syncarp |
nominative |
fruit |
Compound and derived from a many-flowered inflorescence borne on the deeply invaginated, thus interior, surface of an enlarged, fleshy, enclosing, wall-like structure of accessory stem tissue that has a distal aperture (ostiole); the individual fruits tiny, dry, and indehiscent, each derived from a simple, superior ovary; in Ficus (Moraceae). |
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gamopetalous |
= sympetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more petals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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compound-lipped |
= syndetocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
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monoclinous |
= synoecious |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having all flowers functionally bisexual; this condition is implied by default if no other is specified. See also diclinous. |
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gamosepalous |
= synsepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more sepals that are partially or wholly connate. |
