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mucous 1 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
coating |
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Of a slimy substance, or becoming so upon wetting. |
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carpel |
< macrosporophyll (not recommended), megasporophyll, pistil |
STRUCTURE |
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A more or less abstract unit of floral structure conceptually equivalent to a simple pistil or its putative evolutionary precursor (megasporophyll) or derivative (constituent of compound pistil); often regarded as the basic evolutionary unit of the gynoecium. |
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ovoid |
= egg-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broadest near a bluntly rounded base, and convexly attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like a fowl egg. See also obovoid. |
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compressed |
= complanate; < flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened bilaterally, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from opposing sides, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Used alone, this term usually implies a strong degree of flattening; otherwise, it is often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., compressed-ovoid. See also depressed, obcompressed. |
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pinnule |
< leaflet |
STRUCTURE |
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A second- or higher-order division or leaflet of a pinnate frond; a division of a pinna; in Polypodiophyta. |
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punctum pl. puncta |
= dot |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
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eglandular |
= glandless |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |
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rounded |
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base |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
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…fid |
? …cleft, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in bifid, quadrifid. |
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glandless |
= eglandular |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |
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staminal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stamens. |
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hood-shaped |
= cucullate, cuculliform |
solid shape |
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Convex or compressed-convex overall with a distal peak or ridge, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a hood or cowl. See also helmet-shaped (galeate, galeiform), which overlaps conceptually. |
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surface |
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FEATURE |
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The exterior or bounding area or layer of any structure, regarded as being infinitely thin; usually described as to relief, reflectance, and/or vesture. |
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labellum pl. labella |
< labium, lip |
STRUCTURE |
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The third petal of a tripetalous flower when distinctively different from the other two, usually enlarged relative to them and/or differently shaped or colored, usually apparently the abaxial (lower) petal of the three due to resupination during ontogenesis; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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trumpet-shaped |
= tubiform |
solid shape |
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Obteretely tubular with a relatively short distal flare (the limb if a perianth, calyx, or corolla). |
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balding |
= glabrescent |
pubescence |
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Becoming bald (glabrous, psilate) with age. |
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micropyle |
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FEATURE |
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The small pore in the integuments of an ovule at its apex, through which the pollen tube grows; or the corresponding aperture or scar in the coat of the seed that develops subsequently. |
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calyptrate |
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architecture |
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Having or constituting a calyptra. |
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odorless |
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odor |
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Lacking a distinct odor. |
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cochlear |
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aestivation |
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Imbricate with one member larger than and exterior to the others, parallel to one that is internal to all the others, strongly incurved, and enclosing the others. |
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peripterous |
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solid shape |
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Alate with a single transversely encircling wing. |
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crumpled |
= corrugate |
aestivation |
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Having members tightly and irregularly folded, the whole appearing as though wadded upon emergence. |
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proximal |
> basal |
insertion |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure closest to its developmental origin. |
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dorsal (not recommended) |
= abaxial |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) away from the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
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ribbed 1 |
= costate |
architecture |
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Having one or more ribs (costae). |
