polytomous |
= flabelliramous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing more than three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
tuberous 1 |
|
architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
connate-perfoliate |
|
architecture |
opposite laminar structures |
Having the bases in each pair fused and together encircling the bearing axis. See also amplexicaulous, perfoliate. |
strobiloid |
|
architecture |
flower |
Characterized by a general lack of adnation among the different sets of basic floral structures, any significant degree of fusion limited to connation within sets, thus with ovary(ies) superior and lacking a floral tube. |
butterfly-like |
= papilionaceous |
architecture |
corolla |
Having a relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal (the standard, banner or vexillum), two smaller lateral petals (the wings or alae), and two individually smaller but connate or coherent abaxial (lower) petals that together form a carinate structure (the keel or carina), the whole loosely resembling a butterfly with wings spread. |
spiciform |
= spike-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a spike, but not strictly such. |
isopolar |
|
architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves similar. |
syncolporate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Syncolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
rooting |
= radicant |
architecture |
structure |
Developing adventitious roots; esp. stems or leaves. |
rootless |
= eradicate |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
disciform 2 |
|
architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are usually pistillate and that have relatively slender actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of florets that are bisexual or functionally staminate and that have relatively broader actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
trichotomous |
|
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
…valleculate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate |
architecture |
|
Having the number of valleculae indicated by the prefix; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); as in tetravalleculate, 8-valleculate. |
diaphragmed |
|
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
bilabiate |
= two-lipped; < labiate, lipped |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Strongly zygomorphic with connate and/or coherent members whose distal portions form two unequal, opposing, lip-like structures, one adaxial, one abaxial. See also gaping (personate, ringent). |
tillering |
|
architecture |
plant, stem |
Producing tillers; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae) and other monocotyledons (Liliidae). |
…ovuled |
= …ovulate |
architecture |
megasporophyll, ovary |
Having the number of ovules indicated by the previx; as in ten-ovuled. |
unbranched 2 |
|
architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Not branching within the areole. |
ternate |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmate with three leaflets. |
chorisepalous |
= aposepalous, dialysepalous, polysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
tuberous 2 |
|
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a tuber in shape and texture, but not ontogenetically such; esp. roots. |
foliaceous |
= leaf-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
septate 1 |
> trabeculate |
architecture |
|
Having one or more septa. |
one-leafleted |
= single-leafleted, unifoliolate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Structurally compound but with only one leaflet, whose nature (as a leaflet, not a leaf) is revealed by an evident articulation with the petiole, this condition presumably derived by evolutionary reduction from a multifoliolate precursor. |