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oily 2 |
= greasy, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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oleaginous 1 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
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oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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unctuous 1 |
= greasy, oily, oleaginous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
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unctuous 2 |
= greasy, oily, oleaginous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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powdery |
= granuliferous, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also dusty (lentiginose, lentiginous), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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pulverulent |
= granuliferous, powdery |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also lentiginous (dusty, lentiginose), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
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granulate |
= granular, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
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granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
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caryopsis pl. caryopsides |
= grain (not recommended); < achene |
nominative |
fruit |
The achene of a grass [Poaceae (Gramineae)]. Although in traditional use caryopsis (or grain) has been treated as a type separate from achene, they do not differ in basic morphology. |
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gongylodate |
= gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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gongyloid |
= gongylodate, knob-shaped, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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knob-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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knot-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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nodiform |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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crateriform |
= goblet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Having a distal, concave, relatively thin-walled, basically hemispherical portion surmounting a much narrower, transversely round, pedestal-like base. |
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laevigate 2 |
= glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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lustrous |
= glossy, laevigate, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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polished |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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shiny |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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agglomerate |
= glomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
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glochid |
= glochidium; < bristle, capillus, hair, seta, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A capillus (hair) or bristle (seta) that bears one or more barbs; esp. in Cactaceae. |
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glochidium pl. glochidia |
= glochid; < bristle, capillus, hair, seta, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A capillus (hair) or bristle (seta) that bears one or more barbs; esp. in Cactaceae. |
