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waxen 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
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barbate |
= bearded |
pubescence |
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Having one or more limited sectors bearing fairly long, erect, flexible, capillary trichomes. |
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microstrobilus |
= male cone |
STRUCTURE |
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A strobilus (cone) whose fertile organs are all microsporophylls. |
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campylodromous |
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venation |
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Having several primary and/or strongly developed secondary veins that diverge from a point or small area near the base of the blade and run thence ultimately toward the apex, recurving proximally, arcuate and converging distally, reaching the apex or not. |
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oleaginous 2 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
texture |
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Liquid or deformably solid, cohesive, and slippery to the touch. |
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coleorhiza |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sheath-like structure enclosing the radicle (embryonic root) in an embryo; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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petal |
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STRUCTURE |
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One of the one or more constituent members of a corolla; colored and showy in many taxa, inconspicuous in size and/or color in others; may be distinct or else connate with one or more others, and/or may be free or else adnate to one or more other floral structures. |
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cuboid |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly cubic; more or less equilaterally six-sided, each side basically square. |
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pseudobulb |
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STRUCTURE |
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An enlarged internode of an aboveground stem, storing water and photosynthate, resembling a bulb; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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dotted 1 |
= punctate |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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rightward |
= dextrorse |
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 leftward (sinistrorse). |
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fan-shaped |
= flabellate, flabelliform |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
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septate 1 |
> trabeculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more septa. |
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furrowed |
= colpate, fossulate, grooved, sulcate, valleculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (furrows). |
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spur 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A hollow protrusion from a calyx or corolla, often nectariferous. |
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irregular 2 |
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course |
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Deviating asymmetrically from a straight line. |
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translucent |
< hyaline, pellucid |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly and diffusely. See also transparent. |
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verrucose |
= tuberculate, tuberculose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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plane shape |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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mealy 1 |
= farinaceous; < crumbling, fatiscent |
texture |
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Of or bearing minute, relatively stout trichomes that are collectively meal- or flour-like and easily detached. |
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oblate |
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solid shape |
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Symmetrically elongate and broader than long perpendicular to the developmental or polar axis. |
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cladode |
= cladophyll, phylloclade |
STRUCTURE |
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A stem segment that functions as a leaf; often more or less compressed. |
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craspedodromous, simple- |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |
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presence |
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CHARACTER |
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Occurrence within the context in point. |
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discal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
