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equal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Essentially uniform in extent. See also subequal, unequal. |
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epulvinate |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
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epistomatous |
= epistom(at)ic |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
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epistom(at)ic |
= epistomatous |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
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episepalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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episepalous |
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position |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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epirhizal |
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position |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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epipterous |
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solid shape |
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Alate with a single terminal wing. |
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epiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. |
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epiphyllous |
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insertion |
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Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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epiphyllous |
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position |
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Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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epipetalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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epipetalous |
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position |
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Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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epinastic |
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development |
laminar structure |
Having the adaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the abaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than that of the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole revolute or recurved. |
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epigynous |
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insertion |
perianth, calyx, corolla, androecium |
Having its proximal portion adnate to the full length of the gynoecium, the free portion thus arising from the apex of the gynoecium. See also hypogynous, perigynous. |
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epigeous |
= epigeal |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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epigeal |
= epigeous |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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epidermis pl. epidermides, epidermises |
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STRUCTURE |
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The anatomically distinct, outermost, living tissue that encloses and protects the other tissues of a plant organ or part, usually overlaid by an exuded waxy cuticle; resulting from primary growth, disrupted and shed as a consequence of secondary growth if that occurs; consisting mainly of cells not further specialized, otherwise including various types of more specialized cells associated with trichomes and stomates. |
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epidermal cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the unspecialized cells of an epidermis; i.e., any other than stomatal guard cells or cells directly associated with trichomes. While the latter specialized cells are also properly epidermal cells, they are treated separately for descriptive purposes and, for the sake of convenience, use of the general term is restricted to the unspecialized cells that constitute the bulk of an epidermis. |
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epicotyl |
= plumule |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinguishable nascent shoot developed in the embryo in some taxa, consisting of a shoot axis with unexpanded internodes and one or more leaf primordia, being that portion of the embryo above the level of cotyledon insertion; the primordial shoot, when developed by the embryo within a seed; the first bud of a spermatophyte, when developed by an embryo within the seed. In other taxa the shoot is represented in the embryo only by a quiescent apical meristem at the summit of the embryonic axis. |
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epichilium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal portion of a labellum (lip) that has distinct proximal, distal, and sometimes also central parts; in Orchidaceae. See also hypochilium, mesochilium. |
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epicarp |
= exocarp |
STRUCTURE |
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The outermost tissue layer of a pericarp. |
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epicalyx pl. epicalyces |
= calyculus |
STRUCTURE |
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A whorl of bracts immediately subtending (beneath or outside) a calyx. |
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epibracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the bracts, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
