ostiole |
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The distal aperture of a syconium (fig); in Ficus (Moraceae). |
calyptrate |
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architecture |
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Having or constituting a calyptra. |
style |
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A narrow, usually elongate, ontogenetically distal portion of a simple or compound pistil, overtopping the ovary and bearing one or more stigmas; arising from the summit of the ovary, but sometimes apparently from its base at maturity to ontogenetic displacement from its primordial distal position. In a compound pistil the various simple (carpellary) components of the style(s) may not be connate over their entire lengths; the pistil is then regarded as having a branched style or styles. |
corrugate 2 |
= rugose, wrinkled |
relief |
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Having irregular, narrow ridges or creases, the intervening areas flat or only slightly concave or convex, appearing overall as though crumpled and then spread out. See also rugulose. |
hypocotyl |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of an embryo axis between the level of cotyledon insertion above and the root meristem (or radicle, if present) below. |
funicle |
= funiculus; < stalk |
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A stalk that attaches an ovule to a placenta of the ovary wall. |
close |
= approximate |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively near to one another. |
bag-shaped |
= pouch-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. |
diffuse-porous |
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porosity |
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Homogeneously porous, the vessels not differentially disposed by size or number. |
arachnoid |
= cobwebby |
pubescence |
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Of fairly sparse, fine, white, loosely tangled, capillate trichomes. |
…dentate 1 |
= …-toothed |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in tridentate. |
sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
stipel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stipular analogue subtending a leaflet. |
ray floret |
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STRUCTURE |
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A floret that has a zygomorphic corolla, is pistillate (either fertile or sterile) or neuter, and is borne in a radiate capitulum (head) peripheral (proximal) to the disc florets; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
conspicuous |
> showy |
manifestation |
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Prominently evident. |
symmetric(al) 1 |
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architecture |
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Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
hispid |
= setose; < bristly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. See also hispidulous (setulose, small-bristly). |
anadromous |
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venation |
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Having the first lateral vein in each pinna or primary segment of the frond arise from its midvein on the side toward the apex of the frond, the pinnule or secondary segment that it leads to often disproportionately larger than the next distal ones. |
odor |
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Olfactory stimulation. |
…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
seta 1 pl. setae |
= arista, awn, bristle |
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A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
ascidium pl. ascidia |
= pitcher, pitcher-blade |
STRUCTURE |
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An ascidiform (pitcher-shaped) leaf blade, sometimes operculate (lidded), usually carnivorous; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
ligule 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A strap-shaped enation from or distal portion of a structure. |
translator arm |
= caudicle |
STRUCTURE |
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An attenuate end portion by which a pollinium adheres to a pollinating insect, either directly or by means of a terminal viscidium, the latter, when present, sometimes attached by an intervening stipe; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
cyclic |
= seriate, verticillate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |