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splendent |
= glittering |
reflectance |
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Interruptedly glossy (laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny) and thus sparkling when viewed from changing angles. |
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helmet-shaped |
= galeate, galeiform |
solid shape |
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Convex overall with a more or less smoothly curved apex, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a helmet. See also hood-shaped (cucullate, cuculliform), which overlaps conceptually. |
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subspheric(al) |
= subglobose, suborbicular, subrotund, subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost spheric(al), slightly longer than broad. |
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intricate |
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arrangement |
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Entangled; irregularly intertwined and not readily disentangled. |
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…-toothed 1 |
= …dentate |
apex |
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Generally truncate but with the number of antrorse, attenuate, distal lobes indicated by the prefix; as in three-toothed. |
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lineolate 2 |
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relief |
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Finely lineate, the depressions or protrusions short and often irregularly oriented. |
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vein |
= nerve; > costa, midnerve, midrib, midvein, rib |
STRUCTURE |
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A strand belonging to any except the ultimate (least in diameter) order of vasculature in a leaf or other foliaceous structure. See also lateral vein, primary vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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adventitious |
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derivation |
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Arising more or less unpredictably from an organ, tissue, or site that is an unusual, abnormal, or atypical origin for structures of its type. |
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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. |
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mamma pl. mammae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A rounded-conoidal protrusion, resembling the breast of a mammal. |
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bristle-shaped |
= setaceous, setiform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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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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rectangular |
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plane shape |
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Basically four-sided, the sides more or less straight, those of each opposing pair more or less parallel, the generalized angles between adjacent sides approximately 90°. |
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episepalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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scimitar-shaped |
= acinaciform |
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. |
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fluted |
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solid shape |
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Having rounded to angular longitudinal grooves. |
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spatula-shaped |
= spatulate |
plane shape |
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Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. |
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halberd-head-shaped 2 |
= hastate |
plane shape |
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Basically triangular with an acute apex and two large, widely divergent basal lobes, each generally triangular and distally acute; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a halberd head. |
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strigose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing sharp, rigid, appressed, capillate trichomes. See also strigillose (strigulose). |
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testa pl. testae |
= seed coat |
STRUCTURE |
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The outer protective layer of a seed, developed from the ovular integument(s). |
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lens-shaped 2 |
= biconvex, lenticular |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with two round, convex, opposite broad faces intersecting acutely at the circumferential edge; like a double-convex lens. See also disciform (discoid), meniscoid. |
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unifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that are essentially similar in appearance. |
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acephalous 2 |
= headless |
solid shape |
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Not terminating in a head-like portion, esp. when one might be expected. |
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…lobed |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in five-lobed. |
