spinescent |
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architecture |
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Becoming spinose. |
homochlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a perianth undifferentiated into distinct proximal and distal envelopes (calyx and corolla); composed of tepals, all essentially alike. |
anther-bearing |
= antheriferous |
architecture |
floral structure |
Bearing anthers. |
non-stomate-bearing |
= astomatiferous |
architecture |
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Lacking stomates in the epidermis. |
caulescent |
= stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having at maturity an evident, elongate, aboveground stem or stems from which branches, leaves, and/or reproductive axes arise at one or more levels along its length. |
scapose |
= scapigerous |
architecture |
plant |
Having the inflorescence borne upon a leafless, essentially naked axis (scape) that arises directly from a caudex or rhizome beneath, at, or slightly above the substrate surface. |
disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
…petaled |
= …petalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in five-petaled. |
ascidiate 1 |
= pitcher-bladed |
architecture |
leaf |
Having an ascidiform (pitcher-shaped) blade; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
capitulescence |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing capitula (heads); most appropriately described using adjectival terms; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
jointed |
= articulate(d) |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these joints (articulations) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
monolete |
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architecture |
spore |
Having a single linear tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from ontogenetic coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
homocladic |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having stems that do not differ distinctly in size, shape and/or constitution. |
congested |
= compact, crowded |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed very near to one another. |
interrupted 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the leaflets alternately large and small. |
cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
many-stemmed |
= multicipital |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
…petalous |
= …petaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in pentapetalous. |
ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
haplocheilic |
= simple-lipped |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
alate 1 |
= winged |
architecture |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively thin protrusions or appendages that resemble wings. |
monopodial |
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architecture |
axes |
Branching laterally, each axis of each order of branches produced by a single, persistently dominant, apical meristem. See also sympodial. |
spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |