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aerial-rooted |
> climbing-rooted |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing aerial roots. |
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ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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many-stemmed |
= multicipital |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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regular |
= actinomorphic |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Radially symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along any median longitudinal plane. See also peloric. |
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…foliate |
= …leaved |
architecture |
plant, stem |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in hexafoliate, trifoliate. |
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paniculiform |
= panicle-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a panicle, but not strictly such. |
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radicant |
= rooting |
architecture |
structure |
Developing adventitious roots; esp. stems or leaves. |
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complex |
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architecture |
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Comprising two or more basic structural entities, at least two of which are dissimilar. |
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stalkless |
= exstipitate, sessile, unstalked |
architecture |
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Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
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homophyllous |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that do not differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
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anastomosing |
= net-like, netted, reticulate |
architecture |
tertiary and higher-order laminar veins, excl. veinlets |
Interconnecting more or less regularly. |
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baccate |
= berry-like |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a berry. |
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funiculate |
< stalked |
architecture |
ovule |
Having a funiculus (funicle), by which it is attached to a placenta of the ovary wall. |
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involucrate 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Subtended by an involucre. |
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costate |
= ribbed |
architecture |
laminar structure |
Having one or more costae (ribs). |
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…foliolate |
= …leafleted |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of the number of leaflets indicated by the prefix, arranged either pinnately or palmately; as in bifoliolate, pentafoliolate, trifoliolate. See also conjugate, one-leafleted (single-leafleted, unifoliolate), unijugate. |
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contractile |
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architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
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radicate |
= rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Having one or more roots. |
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twisted |
= contorted |
architecture |
axis |
Having a helical pattern of relief and/or coloration along its length. |
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anthelate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more anthelae; esp. in Juncaceae. |
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composite |
= compound |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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echinate |
= spinose, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. |
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odd-pinnate |
= imparipinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
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cruciferous |
= anisocytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having three subsidiary cells, one distinctly smaller than the others. |
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involucrate 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Having an involucre. |
