stomate-bearing |
= stomatiferous |
architecture |
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Having stomates present in the epidermis. |
bundled 2 (not recommended) |
= fascicled, fasciculate |
arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more fascicles, the members of each inserted close together and only slightly if at all divergent from one another. |
compressed |
= complanate; < flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened bilaterally, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from opposing sides, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Used alone, this term usually implies a strong degree of flattening; otherwise, it is often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., compressed-ovoid. See also depressed, obcompressed. |
axe-shaped |
= dolabriform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basally terete, becoming strongly compressed toward an abruptly and unilaterally broader apex; like an axe (handle plus head). |
determinate |
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development |
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Having the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion differentiating first and the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions later, development thus proceeding sequentially downward or outward, growth of the whole thereby organizationally limited. |
pit |
= fovea, scrobis |
FEATURE |
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A small, rounded depression. |
silky |
= sericeous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
mitriform |
= mitre-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadest and transversely round to oval proximally, tapering bilaterally above the middle to a central peak; like a peaked hat or cap. |
club-shaped |
= clavate |
solid shape |
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Elongate and basically round in transverse section, the diameter greatest at or near a blunt apex, thence attenuate toward the base, the degree of taper greatest between the middle and the upper quarter. |
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. |
rhombate |
= rhombic |
plane shape |
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Broadest at the middle and more or less regularly attenuate to either end, the sides angled at the middle and more or less straight from there to either end. |
palea 2 pl. paleae, paleas |
= pale, palet |
STRUCTURE |
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The distal bract of the (usually) two that immediately subtend the flower in a grass (Poaceae) spikelet; the other is the lemma. |
fetid |
= putrid |
odor |
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Stinking like rotting flesh. |
few-… |
= oligo… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by a relatively small number of entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in few-celled, few-flowered, few-seeded. See also many… (multi-…, pluri…, poly…). |
stellate 3 |
= star-shaped |
solid shape |
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Having a distal aspect like the stylized shape of a star; stipitate or sessile with elongate branches or appendages radiating widely in three dimensions from a common point at the apex of the proximal axis or, when sessile, upon the bearing surface. |
furrow |
= colpus, fossula, groove, sulcus, vallecula |
FEATURE |
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An elongate depression that is relatively shallow and narrow. |
interpetiolar |
< nodal |
insertion |
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Upon the stem between the bases of opposite leaves. |
squamella 3 pl. squamellae |
= lodicule, squamule |
STRUCTURE |
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One of two or three small, scale-like structures inserted at the base of the androecium, distal to the palea, in most grass (Poaceae) flowers; often regarded as a vestigial branch or perianth member. |
bractleted |
= bracteolate |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bractlets (bracteoles, prophylls). |
…celled |
= …cellular |
architecture |
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Having the number of cells indicated by the prefix; as in one-celled, few-celled, 5-celled. |
arrowhead-shaped 2 |
= sagittate |
plane shape |
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Generally triangular, tapering gradually from the base to an acute apex, the base with a relatively large, acute, retrorse lobe to either side; like the outline of the broad lateral face of an arrowhead. |
greasy 1 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
…serrate |
= …-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of sawteeth indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in biserrate. See also …crenate (…-scalloped), …dentate (…-toothed). |
medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
cilium 2 pl. cilia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A motile hair- or whip-like structure extending from the surface of a cell. |