oily 2 |
= greasy, oleaginous, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
stiff |
= rigent, rigid |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
cartilage-like |
= cartilaginous |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
cartilaginous |
= cartilage-like |
texture |
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Firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like human cartilage. |
oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
waxen 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
glutinous 2 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
texture |
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Sticky or slimy. |
fibrous |
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texture |
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Having tough, woody or sclerotic strands distributed through a softer matrix. |
waxy 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
weak |
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texture |
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Very pliable and unresilient. |
supple |
= flexible, pliable, pliant |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
elastic |
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texture |
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Resiliently deformable with no loss of structural integrity. |
craspedodromous, mixed- |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
hyphodromous |
= one-veined, single-veined |
venation |
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Having one median, primary vein and no other venation externally evident. |
craspedodromous, simple- |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |
eucamptodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins upwardly arcuate, gradually becoming indistinct interior to the margin, and serially interconnected by cross-branches without formation of marginal loops. |
brochidodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins incurving strongly near but short of the margin, interconnecting serially, and forming a succession of marginal loops. |
actinodromous |
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venation |
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Having three or more primary veins that diverge radially from a point at or above the base of the blade and run toward the margin, reaching it or not. |
parallelodromous |
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venation |
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Having two or more primary veins that run more or less parallel to one another over most of the laminar length and converge near the apex. |
one-veined |
= hyphodromous, single-veined |
venation |
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Having one median, primary vein and no other venation externally evident. |
palinactinodromous |
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venation |
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Compound actinodromous, with higher-order branch radiations above the level of and similar to the primary one. |
simple-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |