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indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
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gynaecium |
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STRUCTURE |
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See gynoecium. |
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flexuose |
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course |
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See flexuous. |
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disk |
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STRUCTURE |
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See disc. |
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caespitose |
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habit |
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See cespitose. |
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amplexicaul |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
See amplexicaulous. |
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akene |
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nominative |
fruit |
See achene. |
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enzymatic |
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exudation |
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Secreting a digestive exoenzyme; in carnivorous plants. |
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descending |
= downcurved |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Salient at its base and then curving downward or backward. |
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downcurved |
= descending |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Salient at its base and then curving downward or backward. |
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scrotiform |
= scrotum-shaped |
solid shape |
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Saccate (bag-, pouch- or sack-shaped) and somewhat swollen bilaterally in the distal portion; like a scrotum. |
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scrotum-shaped |
= scrotiform |
solid shape |
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Saccate (bag-, pouch- or sack-shaped) and somewhat swollen bilaterally in the distal portion; like a scrotum. |
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percurrent 1 |
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architecture |
primary or secondary laminar veins |
Running through the entire length of the lamina (blade), or all the way to its margin. |
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acerose |
= acicular, needle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base; like a needle. |
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acicular 2 |
= acerose, needle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base; like a needle. |
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needle-shaped |
= acerose, acicular |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base. |
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breast-shaped |
= mammiform |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
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mammiform |
= breast-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded conic, like the breast of a mammal. |
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retuse |
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apex |
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Round overall with an obtuse terminal sinus. |
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tartar-like |
= tartareous |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
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tartareous |
= tartar-like |
relief |
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Rough and crumbling spontaneously, becoming erose. |
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revolute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled inward abaxially. |
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involute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled adaxially. |
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emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
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neotenous |
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maturation |
structure |
Retaining at maturity attributes that are usually restricted to the juvenile stage. |
