poricidal |
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dehiscence |
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Forming one or more apertures in the exterior wall, usually apically or sub-apically, through which the contents pass to the outside. |
sectile |
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architecture |
pollinium |
Having partially separated sectors, as though cut. |
free-central |
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placentation |
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Upon the free axial column of a compound, unilocular ovary. |
internodal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the internodes. |
geminicolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having four or more surficial grooves (colpi) disposed in pairs. |
dull |
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reflectance |
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Reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen. |
septicidal |
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dehiscence |
fruit |
Splitting longitudinally into or through the suture(s) in the outer wall and, if present, through the septum(-a) between locules, the latter thus opened indirectly to the outside. |
obovoid |
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solid shape |
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Inversely ovoid (egg-shaped). |
basicauliramous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having the stem(s) branching at or near the base. See also basiramous. |
subvalvate |
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dehiscence |
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Incompletely or partly valvate. |
succulent |
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texture |
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Herbaceous and juicy, often thickened (incrassate). |
cuspidate |
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apex |
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Tapering gradually to a rigid tip composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
dichasiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more simple or compound dichasia. See also cincinnate, cymose, cymulose, helicoid-cymose, monochasiate, scorpioid-cymose. |
circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
lanulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely lanate. |
xerocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during drier than normal periods. |
pterocaulous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having alate (winged) stems. |
shoot 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, all those portions of a plant body that are anatomically distinct from the root, the component axes differentiated into nodes and internodes, and branching exogenously from the former. |
loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
deliquescent 2 |
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texture |
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Delicately fleshy and liquifying at maturity or with pressure; e.g., petals of Tradescantia (Commelinaceae). |
lineolate 1 |
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coloration |
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Finely lineate, the lines short and often irregularly oriented. |
contiguous |
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arrangement |
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Touching one another. |
bundle scar |
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FEATURE |
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A smaller scar within the bounds of a leaf scar at the point where a vascular bundle traversed the abscission layer between stem and leaf. |
massula pl. massulae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A body of coherent pollen grains, dispersed as a unit; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
cloying |
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odor |
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Sickeningly sweet. |