…carpelled |
= …carpellate |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium, pistil, ovary, fruit |
Deemed to have or to consist of the number of carpels indicated by the prefix; as in six-carpelled, 3-carpelled. |
…gonal |
= …angular |
plane shape |
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Having more or less straight sides of the number indicated by the prefix; as in pentagonal, trigonal. See also deltate, …gonous (…angled). |
…gonous |
= …angled |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely straight to concave; as in hexagonous, trigonous. See also deltoid, …gonal (…angular), obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
…stamened |
= …androus |
architecture |
flower, floret, androecium |
Having the number of stamens indicated by the prefix; as in twelve-stamened. |
…dentate 1 |
= …-toothed |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in tridentate. |
…dentate 2 |
= …-toothed |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of dentes (teeth) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-dentate. See also …crenate (…-scalloped), …serrate (…-sawtoothed). |
…crenate |
= …-scalloped |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of crenae (scallops) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in bicrenate, twice-crenate. See also …dentate (…-toothed), …serrate (…-sawtoothed). |
…serrate |
= …-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of sawteeth indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in biserrate. See also …crenate (…-scalloped), …dentate (…-toothed). |
flexuous var. flexuose |
= zig-zag |
course |
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Having alternating angular bends to either side, more or less straight between the bends. |
wood |
= xylem |
STRUCTURE |
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The water-conducting and usually main supporting tissue of a plant or portion thereof, characterized by the presence of tracheary elements (tracheids and sometimes vessel elements); the lignified tissue of a plant or component structure, composed almost entirely of secondary tissue, i.e., that derived by secondary or lateral growth from a cambium in structures a season or more old. As commonly used, the term wood generally refers only to secondary xylem, which constitutes the bulk of a mature woody stem, but it properly refers also to primary xylem, wherever found. See also sapwood, heartwood. |
vermiculate |
= worm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
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Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
xylem |
= wood |
STRUCTURE |
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The water-conducting and usually main supporting tissue of a plant or portion thereof, characterized by the presence of tracheary elements (tracheids and sometimes vessel elements); the lignified tissue of a plant or component structure, composed almost entirely of secondary tissue, i.e., that derived by secondary or lateral growth from a cambium in structures a season or more old. See also sapwood, heartwood. |
exalate 1 |
= wingless |
architecture |
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Lacking elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
exalate 2 |
= wingless |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Lacking lateral lobes or enations that resemble sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
alate 1 |
= winged |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
ala 1 pl. alae |
= wing |
STRUCTURE |
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Any elongate, relatively thin protrusion or appendage. |
ala 2 pl. alae |
= wing |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the two lateral petals in a papilionaceous corolla. |
anemophilous |
= wind-pollinated |
reproduction |
plant, strobilus, flower |
Having the pollen normally transported between strobili or flowers by air currents. |
flagelliform |
= whip-like |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
rotate |
= wheel-shaped |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a very short, cupulate tube and a broad, divergent to divaricate limb; Resembling a wheel when viewed from the distal end. |
undulate |
= wavy |
margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating, wave-like deviations upward and downward from the general plane of the structure. |
virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
twining |
= voluble |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
elastoviscin |
= viscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |