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ventricose |
= bellied |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
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masculine |
= male |
reproduction |
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Of the sex that produces microspores and sperm. |
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bulb |
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STRUCTURE |
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A thickened underground perennating structure consisting of a stem with numerous closely proximate nodes bearing many tightly imbricate, thickened, often fleshy, foliaceous organs containing large amounts of stored food, usually in the form of starch; the whole usually enveloped and protected by imbricated scarious or fibrous foliaceous organs. |
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oblanceolate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely lanceolate (lancehead-shaped). |
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circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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pouch-shaped |
= bag-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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disc 1 var. disk |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any distinct, annular to discoid structure produced from or borne upon a floral receptacle between or basal to any of the sets of floral organs; usually fleshy, often nectariferous. |
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repand |
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margin |
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Gently or shallowly sinuate. |
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erect |
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orientation |
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Perpendicular to the horizon or to the general plane of a bearing structure. |
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scutellate |
= platter-shaped, scutelliform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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spicule |
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STRUCTURE |
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A small, fine, stiff, acute protrusion that resembles a little spike. |
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hard-coated |
= corticate |
texture |
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Having a hard exterior layer and a distinct, softer interior. |
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inframedial |
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position |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
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thallus 2 pl. thalli |
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STRUCTURE |
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The main body of a gametophyte, bearing rhizoids, gametangia (antheridia and/or archegonia), and/or gemmae cups; usually thin and more or less planate, inconspicuous, and growing appressed to or beneath the substrate surface; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta. See also prothallus. |
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acrid 1 |
= pungent |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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loose 1 |
= lax |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed distant from one another. |
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netted 2 |
= reticulate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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ceraceous 1 |
= cereous, waxen, waxy; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose |
coating |
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Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. |
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papilla pl. papillae |
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FEATURE |
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A small, conoidal protrusion resembling a pimple. See also pustule (blister, bulla). |
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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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dextrorse |
= rightward |
orientation |
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Directed to the right, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also sinistrorse (leftward). |
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ramal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
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scabrid |
= rough, scabrate, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
