ligule 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A strap-shaped enation from or distal portion of a structure. |
banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
leaf-opposed |
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position |
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Nodal and directly opposite the leaf. |
mamillate |
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relief |
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Bearing mamillae. |
mamma pl. mammae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A rounded-conoidal protrusion, resembling the breast of a mammal. |
loculicidal |
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dehiscence |
fruit |
Splitting longitudinally through the outer wall(s) and directly into the locule(s), between the sutures, if any. |
campylodromous |
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venation |
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Having several primary and/or strongly developed secondary veins that diverge from a point or small area near the base of the blade and run thence ultimately toward the apex, recurving proximally, arcuate and converging distally, reaching the apex or not. |
monochasium pl. monochasia |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
Determinate and falsely dichotomous with each axial segment bearing a single, sessile terminal flower; presumably derived from a dichasium by loss of the lateral flowers. See also cincinnus, cyme, cymule, dichasium, helicoid cyme, scorpioid cyme. |
suprafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
decompound |
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architecture |
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Comprising two or more orders of equivalent substructural entities; multiply compound. |
oblique 2 |
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orientation |
planate lateral structure |
Lying in a plane not coincident with the one defined by its longitudinal axis and that of the bearing structure. |
annual 1 |
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duration |
plant, stem |
Normally living one year or less; growing, reproducing, and dying within one cycle of seasons. |
nodule |
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STRUCTURE |
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A small nodiform (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, knot-shaped) segment or protrusion; esp. in roots of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) and harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria. |
discal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
circumcaulous |
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insertion |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
continuous 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the flowers or branch units distributed evenly along the axis, with no significant interruption. |
epulvinate |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
complete |
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architecture |
flower |
Having all sets of basic floral structures (calyx and corolla, or else undifferentiated perianth; androecium; and gynoecium) present and functionally normal. |
tunic |
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STRUCTURE |
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A membranous covering outside the epidermis, especially around bulbs and corms, often becoming loose, sometimes scarious. |
peripheral |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the outer surfaces or regions of a three-dimensional structure. Although use of this term in two-dimensional contexts is technically correct, traditionally the term marginal is preferred in such cases. |
polygamous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having both bisexual and unisexual flowers, borne on the same or on different plants. |
valvate 2 |
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arrangement |
planate structures |
Not overlapping, adjacent members laterally contiguous at their margins. |
fragrant |
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odor |
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Sweet or otherwise pleasant. |
plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
xylary |
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position |
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Within or otherwise directly associated with the wood. |