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= gynandrium, gynostemium |
STRUCTURE |
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A central floral structure consisting of the partly to wholly fused (connate and adnate) androecium and gynoecium; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
reproduction |
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CHARACTER |
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Type, morphology, disposition, function and/or dissemination of reproductive structures. |
ramal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
labium pl. labia |
= lip; > labellum |
STRUCTURE |
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Any substructure that resembles a lip, especially a portion of a perianth, calyx or corolla; in Lamiaceae (Labiatae) sometimes restricted to the abaxial (lower) of the two corolla lips. |
…valleculate |
= …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate |
architecture |
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Having the number of valleculae indicated by the prefix; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); as in tetravalleculate, 8-valleculate. |
glabrescent |
= balding |
pubescence |
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Becoming glabrous (bald, psilate) with age. |
inframedial |
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position |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
ontogeny |
= development |
CHARACTER |
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Mode or pattern of growth and differentiation. |
opaque |
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coloration |
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Not transmitting light. |
episepalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
cone scale |
< macrosporophyll (not recommended), megasporophyll, microsporophyll; > ovuliferous scale |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the membranous, fleshy, or woody sporophylls of a cone (strobilus); esp. in Pinophyta. |
lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
serrulate |
= small-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Finely serrate (sawtoothed). See also crentate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed). |
square |
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plane shape |
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Equilaterally rectangular. |
fluted |
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solid shape |
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Having rounded to angular longitudinal grooves. |
stylopodium pl. stylopodia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discoid enlargement at the base of the styles; esp. in Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
muriculate |
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relief |
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Finely muricate. |
pustulate |
= blistered, bullate, puckered |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate, papillose. |
torus 2 pl. tori |
= receptacle |
STRUCTURE |
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The short, expanded, compound axial structure surmounting a peduncle and basal to two or more flowers, or to the florets of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae), where it may bear paleae (receptacular bracts), scales, bristles, trichomes, or subulate enations, and may be smooth or variously pitted (alveolate, foveolate). |
suprabracteal |
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position |
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Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion. |
sapwood |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the wood (xylem) of a stem or root whose cells are still living and functional; concentric about the heartwood once the latter has begun to form. |
nectariferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and secreting nectar; when glands are nectariferous, they are usually indicated nominatively as nectaries. |
deflexed |
= reflexed |
orientation |
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Abruptly bent outward (abaxially), downward, or backward at some point along its length. |
unciform |
= hook-shaped |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |