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suprafoliar |
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insertion |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
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suprafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
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suprabracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion. |
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suprabracteal |
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position |
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Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion. |
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suprabasal |
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insertion |
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Just above the base of the structure in point. |
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suprabasal |
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position |
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Just above the base of the structure in point. |
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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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supine |
= procumbent, prostrate, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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supervolute |
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vernation |
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Each with one side rolled adaxially inward from the margin and enveloped by the abaxially rolled opposite side. |
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superposed 2 |
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insertion |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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superposed 2 |
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position |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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superposed 1 |
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arrangement |
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Approximate to congested, inserted directly above and below one another. |
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superior 2 |
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position |
ovary |
Not enclosed to any degree by a floral tube casing, the perianth and/or androecium thus arising beneath (proximal to) it. |
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superior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at or near the apex of the sorus, distal to the sporangia. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
insertion |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
position |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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superaxillary |
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insertion |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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superaxillary |
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position |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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sunken |
> immersed, impressed |
prominence |
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Below the general level of the surrounding surface. |
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summer annual |
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nominative |
plant |
Annual, germinating in spring or early summer, reproducing sexually with no prolonged vegetative stage beforehand, and dying by late summer or autumn. See also winter annual. |
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sulcus pl. sulci |
= colpus, fossula, furrow, groove, vallecula |
FEATURE |
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An elongate depression that is relatively shallow and narrow. |
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sulcate |
= colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (sulci). |
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suffused |
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coloration |
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Having two or more hues, shades, and/or intensities intermingled, the contrasting components distinguishable only submacroscopically. |
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suffruticose |
< subshrubby |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a suffrutex (subshrub, undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, suffrutescent, woody-clumping. |
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suffrutex pl. suffrutices |
= subshrub, undershrub |
nominative |
plant |
Of shrub-like form but with only the base woody, bearing herbaceous branches that die back at the end of each growing season. See also bush, frutex (shrub), tree, woody clump. |
