…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
glaucescent |
< ceraceous, cereous, pruinose, waxen, waxy |
coating |
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Becoming glaucous with age. See also caesious. |
spathulate |
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plane shape |
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See spatula-shaped, spatulate. |
microsporocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporocarp that bears only microsporangia. |
flattened |
> complanate, compressed, depressed, obcompressed |
solid shape |
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Convex overall but with one or more sides or ends distinctly deviating toward plane, as though pressed or squeezed there. |
eroded |
= erose |
relief |
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Having rough, very irregular depressions throughout. |
acinaciform |
= scimitar-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thin and moderately arcuate with two opposite, plane, broad faces, the degree of curvature increasing distally, thinnest at the convex edge, thicker toward the concave; like a scimitar blade. |
pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
plane shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
bractlet 1 |
= bracteole; < bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
waxy 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
exocarp |
= epicarp |
STRUCTURE |
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The outermost tissue layer of a pericarp. |
cottony |
> lanuginose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. See also lanuginose. |
…ranked |
= …stichous |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in the number of distinct ranks indicated by the prefix; as in two-ranked. |
cauline |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
margin |
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CHARACTER |
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Configuration of all or part of the periphery of a planate structure, sometimes referred to as though it were discrete and an entity in its own right for descriptive purposes. The extent of the area considered to pertain to the margin in a given case is, of necessity, subjectively determined. As a general rule, peripheral concavities that do not exceed 1/5 the distance from the generalized edge to the center or main axis of the structure are considered components of marginal configuration, deeper concavities being considered components of overall shape. The margin is sometimes considered to be only the infinitely thin boundary itself, and such a definition is probably the one most technically correct from the standpoint of geometry and general usage. However, it is inconsistent with traditional usage in descriptive botany, which treats the margin as an entity of substance both semantically and conceptually. The semantic antecedent of some descriptors is "margin," whereas the antecedent of others is the structure as a whole (e.g., leaf). |
obovoid |
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solid shape |
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Inversely ovoid (egg-shaped). |
sinus pl. sinus, sinuses |
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FEATURE |
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The space, indentation, or invagination (or, for some descriptive purposes, the outline thereof) between and delimiting any two consecutive or adjacent lobes or teeth of a structure. |
basal |
< proximal |
insertion |
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At or very near the developmental origin (base) of a structure. |
pore |
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FEATURE |
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A small aperture or opening in a wall or covering that allows transport between interior and exterior. |
perigynium 2 pl. perigynia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A phyllary (involucral bract) or palea (pale, palet) that fully encloses a cypsela; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
rugose |
= corrugate, wrinkled |
relief |
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Having irregular, narrow ridges or creases, the intervening areas flat to shallowly concave or convex, appearing overall as though crumpled and then spread out. See also rugulose. |
tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
hydathode |
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STRUCTURE |
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A multicellular, anatomically distinctive structure located within a leaf at its periphery, its cells surrounding a central canal that opens to the exterior, through which water is actively discharged under humid conditions that impede the rate of transpiration; this liquid discharge is termed guttation. |
verticil |
= cycle, series, whorl |
STRUCTURE |
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A set of three or more lateral structures that are inserted around an axis at the same level. |
annular |
= ring-shaped |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |