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laevigate 2 |
= glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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testicular |
= testes-shaped |
solid shape |
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Bilaterally symmetrical, each side essentially oblate and constrictedly confluent with the other; like the overall shape of a pair of mammalian testes. |
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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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salt-excreting |
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exudation |
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Accumulating salt and discharging it directly to the exterior in a concentrated aqueous solution, the salt then crystallizing on the exterior following evaporation of the fluid medium; when salt-excreting glands are indicated in the nominative, usually they are called simply salt glands. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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whorled |
= cyclic, seriate, verticillate |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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annular |
= ring-shaped |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |
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one-sided 2 |
= unilateral |
orientation |
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Disposed or directed toward one side only. |
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hamate |
= hooked, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
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cordiform |
= heart-shaped |
solid shape |
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Having two rounded basal lobes, broadest near the base and fairly regularly attenuate to an essentially angular apex; like the stylized form of a heart. See also obcordiform. |
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squama pl. squamae |
= lepis; < scale, trichome |
STRUCTURE |
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A relatively thick, planate trichome. See also squamella (squamule). |
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bursicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
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pouch-shaped |
= bag-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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locule |
= cell (not recommended), chamber (not recommended) |
FEATURE |
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Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit, sporangium or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. |
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acrocaulous |
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insertion |
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At or very near the stem tip. |
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follicetum pl. folliceta |
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STRUCTURE |
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An aggregate of follicles produced from a single flower with multiple simple pistils. |
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sericeous |
= silky |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
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awl-shaped 2 |
= subulate |
solid shape |
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Slender, essentially terete, and straight, gradually attenuate from a relatively narrow base to a very narrow, blunt to angular apex. |
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hypogeous |
= hypogeal, subterranean |
location |
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Within the ground, beneath its surface; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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subapical |
= subterminal |
insertion |
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Lateral and just below the apex. |
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jacket cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the cells forming the portion of an antheridial wall between the basal cells and the cap cell(s). |
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vesture var. vestiture |
= indumentum |
STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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The trichomes and/or exuded substance that overlie a surface proper, regarded collectively. See also coating, pubescence. |
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granuliferous |
= powdery, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also lentiginous (dusty, lentiginose), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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concentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry coincident with that of the context of reference. |
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spine |
= thorn |
STRUCTURE |
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Any sharp, stiff, simple or branched, woody appendage having vascular tissues confluent with those of the bearing structure. "Spine" is often preferred when the appendage is homologous with a leaf or stipule, and "thorn" when it is homologous with a branch. See also prickle. |
