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infrapetiolar |
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insertion |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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infrapetiolar |
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position |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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infructescence 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mature (fruiting) inflorescence (static sense). |
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infructescence 2 (not recommended) |
= coenocarp, multiple fruit, syncarp; > fig, syconium |
STRUCTURE |
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A compound fruit derived from the connate or coherent ovaries and accessory tissue(s), if any, of two or more adjacent flowers. |
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infundibular |
= funnelform, funnel-shaped |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a narrowly obconic tube and a spreading limb, the transition between them smooth. |
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insect-pollinated |
= entomophilous |
reproduction |
plant, strobilus, flower |
Having the pollen normally transported between strobili or flowers by insects. |
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insectivorous |
< carnivorous |
nutrition |
plant, structure |
Capturing insects, digesting their tissues by means of exoenzymes secreted by specialized cells or tissues, and assimilating the digested substances as nourishment, especially for nitrogen. |
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insertion |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode or locus of attachment of a structure to some dissimilar bearing structure. The lexicons relating to insertion and position overlap to a great degree, since these two morphological concepts are often inseparable in practice. Also overlaps conceptually with arrangement, habit, orientation, and shape. |
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integument |
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STRUCTURE |
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A distinct layer of tissue that encloses and serves to protect the other tissues of an organ, especially a seed. |
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integumentary |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of one or both seed integuments. |
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intercostal |
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insertion |
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Between the costae. |
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intercostal |
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position |
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Between the costae. |
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internodal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the internodes. |
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internodal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the internodes. |
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internode |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any portion of a stem between two successive nodes. |
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interpetiolar |
< nodal |
insertion |
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Upon the stem between the bases of opposite leaves. |
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interpetiolar |
< nodal |
position |
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Upon the stem between the bases of opposite leaves. |
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interrupted 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the leaflets alternately large and small. |
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interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
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intravaginal |
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insertion |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
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intravaginal |
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position |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
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intricate |
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arrangement |
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Entangled; irregularly intertwined and not readily disentangled. |
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introrse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening inwardly, on the adaxial side. See also extrorse, latrorse. |
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intruded |
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placentation |
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Upon partial septa excrescent from the wall of a compound, unilocular ovary. |
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involucel |
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STRUCTURE |
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One or more closely proximate whorls of bractlets (bracteoles, prophylls) immediately subtending (below or outside) a subordinate portion of an inflorescence that is subtended as a whole by an involucre, the bractlets often leaf-like, sometimes petaloid. |
