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mucous 2 |
= mucilaginous; < glutinous |
texture |
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Slimy. |
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crateriform |
= goblet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Having a distal, concave, relatively thin-walled, basically hemispherical portion surmounting a much narrower, transversely round, pedestal-like base. |
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viscin |
= elastoviscin |
SUBSTANCE |
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A sticky, elastic material, especially that forming the threads that sometimes connect pollen grains. |
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gynandrium pl. gynandria |
= column, gynostemium |
STRUCTURE |
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A central floral structure consisting of the partly to wholly fused (connate and adnate) androecium and gynoecium; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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spiral 3 |
= helical |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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linear 2 |
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plane shape |
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Elongate and narrow with the sides more or less straight and parallel over most of its length. |
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centripetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the center, thus more advanced peripherally than centrally within a given frame of reference. |
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claw |
= unguis |
STRUCTURE |
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The abruptly much narrower proximal portion, when present, of a laminar structure, esp. a petal; of variable shape itself, but usually attenuate toward the base. |
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trumpet-shaped |
= tubiform |
solid shape |
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Obteretely tubular with a relatively short distal flare (the limb if a perianth, calyx, or corolla). |
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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. |
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awned |
= aristate, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more awns (aristae, bristles, setae). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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ocrea pl. ocreae var. ochrea |
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STRUCTURE |
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A tubular sheath that encircles a stem at a node, subtending a petiole; thought to have arisen evolutionarily by lateral fusion of two stipules; in Polygonaceae. |
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di… |
= bi…, two-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by two entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in diadelphous, dicyclic, dimerous. See also individual entries for terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination; and also double-… (bi…, twice-…). |
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acetabuliform |
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solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broader than long, widest near or at the middle, relatively thin-walled, the hollow interior open distally; like a shallow bowl with strongly incurved sides. |
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hook-shaped |
= unciform |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |
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straight |
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course |
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Lacking significant curves or bends. |
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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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pyrene 2 |
= stone |
STRUCTURE |
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The hard seed of a drupelet; esp. in Rosaceae. |
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microsporangium pl. microsporangia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces microspores. |
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velum pl. vela |
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STRUCTURE |
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A membranous adaxial flap or fold of vegetative tissue wholly or partly covering the sporangial cavity of a sporophyll; in Isoëtaceae. |
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globose |
= globular, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a globe or sphere. |
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spathe |
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STRUCTURE |
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A usually relatively large, sometimes showy, foliose bract subtending and sometimes partially enclosing an inflorescence, esp. a spadicate one; in Liliidae (monocotyledons). |
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…partite |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in tripartite. |
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symmetric(al) 1 |
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plane shape |
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Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
