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xylary |
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position |
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Within or otherwise directly associated with the wood. |
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exudation |
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CHARACTER |
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Discharged substance, as to type. |
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rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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cyme |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
Determinate and constituting a compound dichasium or monochasium, the flowers maturing from the center outward (i.e., the distal or inner flowers maturing first); often more or less flat-topped. See also cymule, dichasium, helicoid cyme, monochasium, rhipidium, scorpioid cyme. |
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ciliate |
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margin |
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Having fine, hair-like trichomes (cilia) oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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…porate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of pores indicated by the prefix; as in monoporate, polyporate, triporate. |
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staminal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stamens. |
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obconic(al) |
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solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest distally; inversely conic(al) (cone-shaped). |
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rounded |
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base |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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pore |
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FEATURE |
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A small aperture or opening in a wall or covering that allows transport between interior and exterior. |
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staminal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stamens. |
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axile |
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placentation |
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Upon the central axis of a compound, plurilocular ovary. |
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ochrea |
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STRUCTURE |
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See ocrea. |
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basiscopic |
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orientation |
subordinate structure |
Directed, facing, or pointing ("looking") toward the base of the bearing structure. |
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tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
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diplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the sepals, the distal whorl with members directly above the petals. See also obdiplostemonous. |
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acetabuliform |
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solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broader than long, widest near or at the middle, relatively thin-walled, the hollow interior open distally; like a shallow bowl with strongly incurved sides. |
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imperfect |
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architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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paniculate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more panicles. |
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adventitious root |
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STRUCTURE |
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A root that arises laterally from some part of a shoot, often from the lower portion of a main stem. |
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infrapetiolar |
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position |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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sheathing 2 |
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base |
laminar structure |
Terete or involute and closely enclosing the supporting axis for some distance above the point of insertion. |
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utricle |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, indehiscent, one-seeded and with the pericarp thin and free from the seed; derived from a single, superior, simple ovary. |
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mesocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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The middle tissue layer of the pericarp of a fruit. |
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callus |
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FEATURE |
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A small, relatively hard covering, outgrowth, or swelling of tissue; esp. in axes of grass (Poaceae) inflorescences just distal to points of eventual disarticulation. |
