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marginal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the margins. |
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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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neck (floral tube) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The solid, usually constricted portion of a floral tube sometimes present between casing and collar when those are both present. |
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deltate |
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plane shape |
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Equilaterally triangular, broadest at the base, and regularly attenuate to an angular apex. See also obdeltate. |
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superaxillary |
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insertion |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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channel |
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FEATURE |
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A longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. along the adaxial surface of a petiole or petiolule. |
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collateral |
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position |
buds |
In pairs within or immediately straddling the leaf axils, the members of a pair lateral to one another. |
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elliptic(al) 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming an ellipse |
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antrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed forward or upward, toward the distal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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…faced |
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solid shape |
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Having relatively large, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface, of the number indicated by the prefix; as in three-faced. |
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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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angular |
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plane shape |
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Having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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flush |
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prominence |
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Even with the surrounding surface, neither higher nor lower than its general level. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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architecture |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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flanged |
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plane shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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prophyllar |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the prophylls (bracteoles, bractlets). |
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areolate |
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relief |
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Having numerous, small, irregularly disposed, transversely angular, shallow depressions or low protrusions overall. |
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villosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely villose (shaggy, villous). |
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porous |
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porosity |
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Having vessels present. |
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veined |
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architecture |
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Having one or more orders of evident vasculature. |
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rachis 2 var. rhachis |
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STRUCTURE |
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A main or first-order axis of an inflorescence. |
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barb 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A trichome terminated by one or two small, relatively short, stiff, sharp, acutely reflexed appendages. |
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gynoecium pl. gynoecia var. gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The pistil(s) of a single flower together with any ontogenetically equivalent or subordinate structures present, taken collectively; the total female (ovule-producing) structural complement of a single flower. It may include one to many pistils, each simple or compound. |
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retuse |
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apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
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secondary root |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any root branch that originates directly or indirectly from a primary root. |
