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filiform |
= thread-like |
solid shape |
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Elongate and very slender, basically round in transverse section and of more or less uniform diameter, variously curved over its length or not. See also capillary (capillate, hair-like). |
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spine |
= thorn |
STRUCTURE |
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Any sharp, stiff, simple or branched, woody appendage having vascular tissues confluent with those of the bearing structure. "Spine" is often preferred when the appendage is homologous with a leaf or stipule, and "thorn" when it is homologous with a branch. See also prickle. |
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dome-shaped |
= tholiform |
solid shape |
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Convex overall, broadest at the base, and transversely more or less circular to elliptical throughout. |
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pollen sac |
= theca |
STRUCTURE |
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Any of the one, two or four ontogenetically distinct, pollen-producing sectors (microsporangia) of an anther. In some taxa the walls between pairs of adjacent thecae break down as an anther approaches maturity, the mature anther thus ultimately containing half as many locules as thecae. |
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testes-shaped |
= testicular |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
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testicular |
= testes-shaped |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
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seed coat |
= testa |
STRUCTURE |
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The outer protective layer of a seed, developed from the ovular integument(s). |
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checkered 1 |
= tessellate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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checkered 2 |
= tessellate |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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trigeminous |
= tergeminate, trijugate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with three orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
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trijugate |
= tergeminate, trigeminous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with three orders of leaflets, each order bifoliolate. |
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deca… |
= ten-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by ten entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in decandrous, decagynous, decalocular. |
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lacrimate |
= teardrop-shaped |
plane shape |
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Like the stylized lateral outline of a teardrop; broadest just below the middle, broadly rounded to the base, and acutely attenuate to the apex; like the stylized lateral outline of a teardrop. |
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lacrimiform |
= teardrop-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely round and broadest just below the middle, broadly rounded to the base and acutely attenuate to the apex. |
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tartar-like |
= tartareous |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
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tartareous |
= tartar-like |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
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taeniate |
= tapeworm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
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attenuate 2 |
= tapered |
plane shape |
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Gradually diminishing in width from one end to the other. |
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attenuate 2 |
= tapered |
solid shape |
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Gradually diminishing in breadth or diameter from one end to the other. |
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caudate 1 |
= tailed |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
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caudate 2 |
= tailed |
base |
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With one or more relatively slender, retrorse basal enations or appendages. |
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tapeworm-shaped |
= taeniate |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
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gamotepalous |
= syntepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having two or more tepals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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gamosepalous |
= synsepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more sepals that are partially or wholly connate. |
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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. |
