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sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
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spinulose |
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apex |
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Finely spinose. |
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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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beaked |
= rostrate |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also small-beaked (rostellate). |
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lamellate |
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apex |
laminar structure |
Having two small terminal plates of tissue closely parallel to one another and perpendicular to the plane of the lamina. |
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crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
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Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
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hamate |
= hooked, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
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piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
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pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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apiculate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, slender, angular tip that is not notably harder or stiffer than the main body of the structure. See also mucronate, mucronulate. |
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hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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cuspidate |
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apex |
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Tapering gradually to a rigid tip composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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…-toothed 1 |
= …dentate |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in three-toothed. |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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cristate |
= crested |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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caudate 1 |
= tailed |
apex |
laminar structure |
Terminating in a relatively long, flexible, narrowly acuminate tip composed of laminar tissue. |
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aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
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furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
