raised |
> prominent, prominulous |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
vexillum pl. vexilla |
= banner, standard |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal in a papilionaceous corolla. |
floating 2 |
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location |
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At or upon the surface of water. |
one-sided 3 |
= unilateral |
position |
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Upon or arising from one side only of the bearing structure. |
trulliform |
= trowel-shaped, trullate |
plane shape |
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Broadest below the middle, more or less straightly attenuate to either end, the sides angled at the level of greatest width; like the blade of a mason's trowel. See also obtrullate, obtrulliform. |
pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
attenuate 2 |
= tapered |
solid shape |
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Gradually diminishing in breadth or diameter from one end to the other. |
peduncle |
<stalk, stipe (broad sense, not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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The common stalk, when present, of a compound inflorescence or first-order subunit thereof, or of a solitary flower that is deemed to represent an evolutionarily reduced compound inflorescence. |
reticulate 2 |
= netted |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
…crenate |
= …-scalloped |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of crenae (scallops) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in bicrenate, twice-crenate. See also …dentate (…-toothed), …serrate (…-sawtoothed). |
elaiosome |
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STRUCTURE |
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A fleshy outgrowth from the seed coat (testa) that contains a high proportion of oil, usually attracting ants for dispersal. |
capitulescence |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing capitula (heads); most appropriately described using adjectival terms; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
saccate 2 |
= bag-shaped, pouch-shaped, 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. |
location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
haustorium pl. haustoria |
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STRUCTURE |
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An absorbing and anchoring organ, often root-like, excrescent from a vegetative part of a parasitic or hemiparasitic plant, by which the plant communicates intimately with and derives sustenance and support from its host plant, into whose tissues the haustorium intrudes. |
napiform |
= turnip-shaped |
solid shape |
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Depressed-globose overall and strongly acuminate (concave-tapered) at the base; like the generalized form of a turnip. |
labellum pl. labella |
< labium, lip |
STRUCTURE |
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The third petal of a tripetalous flower when distinctively different from the other two, usually enlarged relative to them and/or differently shaped or colored, usually apparently the abaxial (lower) petal of the three due to resupination during ontogenesis; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
glochidium pl. glochidia |
= glochid; < bristle, capillus, hair, seta, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A capillus (hair) or bristle (seta) that bears one or more barbs; esp. in Cactaceae. |
punctum pl. puncta |
= dot |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
valve |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any longitudinal segment of a fruit wall delimited by lines of dehiscence. |
torus 1 pl. tori |
= receptacle |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively short, simple, axial structure surmounting a pedicel and basal to the flower, usually broader than the pedicel. |
corniform |
= horn-shaped |
solid shape |
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Straight or curved and slenderly conic or conoidal, like an animal horn. |
ligneous |
= woody |
texture |
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Of or resembling xylem (wood). |
duration |
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CHARACTER |
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Extent of lifetime, or persistence and physical state after maturation. |
dusty |
= lentiginose, lentiginous |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of minute, dry, macroscopically indistinguishable particles. See also powdery (pulverulent), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |