versatile |
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fixation |
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Attached in a manner allowing free rotation and declination. |
verticil |
= cycle, series, whorl |
STRUCTURE |
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A set of three or more lateral structures that are inserted around an axis at the same level. |
verticillate |
= cyclic, seriate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted regularly around the axis at the same level. |
vesicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A small bladder-like part consisting of an enclosing wall or covering and an empty or fluid-filled interior, sometimes turgid; esp. in citrus fruits (hesperidia). |
vesiculate |
= alate, saccate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations resembling sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
vespertine |
= evening-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the evening. |
vestigial |
< obsolete (not recommended), rudimentary |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa, and thought to have devolved to that state from a fully developed and functional structure in an ancestral taxon. |
vestiture |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See vesture. |
vesture var. vestiture |
= indumentum |
STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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The trichomes and/or exuded substance that overlie a surface proper, regarded collectively. See also coating, pubescence. |
vexillate |
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aestivation |
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Having a larger member oriented more or less perpendicular to and folded about the others. |
vexillum pl. vexilla |
= banner, standard |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal in a papilionaceous corolla. |
villose |
= shaggy, villous |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
villosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely villose (shaggy, villous). |
villous |
= shaggy, villose |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
vine |
> liana |
nominative |
plant |
Perennial, with elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
viny |
> lianous |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
viscid 1 |
< glutinous |
coating |
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Of a sticky substance. |
viscid 2 |
< glutinous |
texture |
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Sticky. |
viscidium pl. viscidia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A small, viscid, glandular body of rostellar origin that becomes connected with a pollinium caudicle, either directly or through an intervening stipe, by which the pollinium attaches to a pollinating insect; in Orchidaceae. |
viscin |
= elastoviscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
viviparous |
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reproduction |
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Producing sexually or asexually generated offspring that begin growth and development while borne upon the parent plant. |
voluble |
= twining |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
waisted |
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solid shape |
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Constricted in width or breadth at or near the middle of its length. |
wall (fruit, ovary, pollen, spore) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The exterior layer of tissue(s) enclosing anatomically distinct interior tissues and sometimes fluid and/or one or more cavities. |