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stalked 1 |
= pedicellate |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
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pedate |
= pedatifid |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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pedatifid |
= pedate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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comb-shaped |
= pectinate |
plane shape |
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Finely divided, the divisions slender, oriented more or less perpendicular to the central axis, and resembling the teeth of a comb. |
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pyriform |
= pear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
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porrect |
= patent, salient, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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salient |
= patent, porrect, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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spreading |
= patent, porrect, salient |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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kneecap-shaped |
= patelliform |
solid shape |
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Thickly meniscoid, like a human kneecap. |
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even-pinnate |
= paripinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an even number of members, none truly terminal. |
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pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
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rubiaceous |
= paracytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having one or more subsidiary cells to either side, all oriented parallel to its long axis. |
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papillate |
= papillose |
relief |
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Having small, conoidal protrusions overall; appearing pimply. |
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papillar(y) |
= papilliform |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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papillose |
= papillate |
relief |
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Having small, conoidal protrusions overall; appearing pimply. |
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papilliform |
= papillar(y) |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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butterfly-like |
= papilionaceous |
architecture |
corolla |
Having a relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal (the standard, banner or vexillum), two smaller lateral petals (the wings or alae), and two individually smaller but connate or coherent abaxial (lower) petals that together form a carinate structure (the keel or carina), the whole loosely resembling a butterfly with wings spread. |
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chartaceous |
= papery, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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panicle-like |
= paniculiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a panicle, but not strictly such. |
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paniculiform |
= panicle-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a panicle, but not strictly such. |
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fiddle-shaped |
= pandurate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with deep, rounded sinuses opposite one another in the proximal half; like the frontal outline of an inverted fiddle body. |
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digitate |
= palmate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of leaflets all inserted at a common point and diverging from one another; or lobed (cleft, divided, parted, segmented), incised or ribbed in a similar hand-like pattern. Unless qualified to indicate otherwise, this term usually is understood to mean "palmately once-compound." See also …palmate, palmatifid, palmatipinnate, ternate. |
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chaffy 2 |
= paleate |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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chaffy 1 |
= paleaceous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, papery (chartaceous) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
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pale 1 |
= palea, palet, receptacular bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A small papery (chartaceous) to membranous bract borne on the compound receptacle of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
