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receptacular |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the receptacle. |
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radical |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
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radical |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
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cauline |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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cauline |
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position |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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floral |
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insertion |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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plicate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Valvate with each member strongly infolded longitudinally. |
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bony |
= osseous |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
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osseous |
= bony |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
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weak |
|
texture |
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Very pliable and unresilient. |
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flagelliform |
= whip-like |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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hook-shaped |
= unciform |
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. |
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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. |
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acicular 1 |
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plane shape |
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Very slenderly elongate, widest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a blunter base; like the lateral outline of a needle. |
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dot-like |
= punctiform |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
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punctiform |
= dot-like |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
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laevigate 1 |
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relief |
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Very smooth. |
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scarious |
|
texture |
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Very thin, dry, and not green. |
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chartaceous |
= papery, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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papery |
= chartaceous, papyraceous |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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papyraceous |
= chartaceous, papery |
texture |
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Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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parchment-like |
= pergamentaceous |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
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pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
