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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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one-sided 1 |
= unilateral |
architecture |
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Having only one side, as compared with presumably equivalent, bilaterally symmetric structures. |
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epidermal cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the unspecialized cells of an epidermis; i.e., any other than stomatal guard cells or cells directly associated with trichomes. While the latter specialized cells are also properly epidermal cells, they are treated separately for descriptive purposes and, for the sake of convenience, use of the general term is restricted to the unspecialized cells that constitute the bulk of an epidermis. |
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stomate-bearing |
= stomatiferous |
architecture |
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Having stomates present in the epidermis. |
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penicillate |
= broom-shaped, muscariform |
solid shape |
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Having a proximal axis that bears a distal cluster of elongate slender branches or appendages, these variously ascending to erect; like a broom. |
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tri… 2 |
= thrice-…, triple-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of three hierarchical orders of the type of entity or pattern denoted by the term's stem; as in tripinnate. See also entries for particular terms beginning with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
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laevigate 1 |
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relief |
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Very smooth. |
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stamen |
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STRUCTURE |
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A seed-plant organ that produces and releases pollen; usually comprising a stalk (filament) that bears a locular structure (anther) containing sporogenous tissue; however, the filament may be lacking and the anther sessile, or the stamen may be undifferentiated, the whole then consisting of microsporangia embedded in or borne upon the surface of a more or less planate body of sterile tissue; one of the constituent organs of a bisexual or a staminate flower; may be distinct or else connate with one or more others and/or may be free or else adnate with one or more other floral structures. |
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multiciliate |
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architecture |
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Having several to many cilia. |
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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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rachilla 1 var. rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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A second- or higher-order axis of a compound leaf blade, bearing higher-order rachillae, leaflets, pinnules and/or tendrils. |
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hood |
= cucullus |
STRUCTURE |
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A hood-shaped structure or component, esp. in an inflorescence or flower. |
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crescent-shaped |
= lunate |
plane shape |
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Arcuate, broadest at the middle, and attenuate to acute ends; like the stylized outline of a first-quarter moon. |
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division |
? lobe, segment |
STRUCTURE |
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Any generally convex, major peripheral protrusion or component sector that is delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that is not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. |
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sword-shaped 1 |
= ensate |
plane shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like the outline of the lateral face of a broadsword blade. |
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shiny |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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coccus pl. cocci |
= mericarp |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the segments of a dehisced schizocarp; usually one-seeded and itself indehiscent. |
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vallecular |
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insertion |
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In or otherwise directly associated with the valleculae; esp. in fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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See gynoecium. |
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ellipsoid(al) |
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solid shape |
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Elliptic in any median longitudinal section; elongate, transversely circular, broadest at the middle, and symmetrically convex-attenuate to rounded ends. See also oblong. |
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stellate 2 |
= star-shaped |
plane shape |
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Having four or more intersecting radiate lobes or portions, each distally slender; like the stylized outline of a star. |
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obturbinate |
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solid shape |
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Inversely turbinate (top-shaped). See also pyriform (pear-shaped). |
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isthmus |
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STRUCTURE |
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A narrower portion connecting two wider or broader portions of an inclusive structure. |
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spore case |
= sporangium |
STRUCTURE |
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A spore-producing organ; basically capsular, often supported by a slender stalk (sporangiophore), often lidded (operculate). In Bryophyta and Polypodiophyta, a distinct portion of the sporangial wall effects regular dehiscence at maturity. Spore cases or their equivalents are also present, but of little or no descriptive significance, in seed plants. |
