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leaf-bearing |
= foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Bearing leaves. |
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leaf-like |
= foliaceous |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
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floriferous |
= flower-bearing |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
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flower-bearing |
= floriferous |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
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floral cup 1 (broad sense) |
= floral tube, hypanthium (broad sense) |
STRUCTURE |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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hypanthium 2 (strict sense) pl. hypanthia |
= floral cup (strict sense) |
STRUCTURE |
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A marginal protrusion from or enlargement of the receptacle (torus) of a flower, encircling and wholly, partly or not at all adnate to the gynoecium, bearing the perianth and androecium. |
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floral tube |
= floral cup (broad sense), hypanthium (broad sense) |
STRUCTURE |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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hypanthium 1 (broad sense) pl. hypanthia |
= floral cup (broad sense), floral tube |
STRUCTURE |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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zig-zag |
= flexuous |
course |
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Having alternating angular bends to either side, more or less straight between the bends. |
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pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
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pliant |
= flexible, pliable, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
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supple |
= flexible, pliable, pliant |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
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bent |
= flexed |
solid shape |
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Having an abrupt bend at some point along its length. See also declinate (inclinate), geniculate (kneed), inflexed, reflexed. |
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sarcocaulous |
= fleshy-stemmed |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are sarcous (carnose, fleshy). |
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carnose |
= fleshy, sarcous |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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fugacious |
= fleeting |
duration |
structure |
Wilting or withering very shortly after emergence, soon becoming inconspicuous and falling away or disintegrating. |
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ampulliform |
= flask-shaped, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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polytomous |
= flabelliramous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing more than three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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fan-shaped |
= flabellate, flabelliform |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
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penta… |
= five-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by five entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in pentandrous, pentacarpellate, pentacolporate. |
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foveolate |
= fine-pitted, scrobiculate |
relief |
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Finely foveate (pitted). |
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scrobiculate |
= fine-pitted, foveolate |
relief |
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Finely pitted (foveate). |
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fimbrillate |
= fine-fringed |
margin |
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Finely fimbriate (fringed). |
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fine-fringed |
= fimbrillate |
margin |
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Finely fringed (fimbriate). |
