obtuse 1 |
= blunt |
apex |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular tip whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
aristate 1 |
= awned, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more aristae (awns, bristles, setae). |
rounded |
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apex |
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Convex overall and more or less regularly curved. |
concave-tapered 1 |
= acuminate |
apex |
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Gradually diminishing in width or diameter to a slender tip, the sides longitudinally concave. Corresponds with attenuate for base shape. |
truncate 1 |
= abrupt |
apex |
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Having a distal boundary that is generally straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
hooked |
= hamate, uncinate |
apex |
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Having a recurved terminal portion that resembles a hook. |
aristate 2 |
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apex |
pappus scale |
Terminating in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
mucronate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, hard point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculate, mucronulate. |
sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
mucronulate |
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apex |
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Finely mucronate. See also apiculate. |
piliferous |
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apex |
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Having a distinct, fine, weak, hair-like portion or protrusion. |
corniculate |
= horned |
apex |
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Bearing one or more cornicula (horns). |
cone-shaped |
= conic(al) |
apex |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
awned |
= aristate, bristled |
apex |
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Bearing one or more awns (aristae, bristles, setae). |
horned |
= corniculate |
apex |
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Bearing one or more horns (cornicula). |
acrid 1 |
= pungent |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
…pterous |
= …winged |
architecture |
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Having the number of alae (wings) indicated by the prefix; as in dipterous, polypterous, tetrapterous. |
tree-like |
= dendritic |
architecture |
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Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
reticulate 1 |
= anastomosing, net-like, netted |
architecture |
tertiary and higher-order laminar veins, excl veinlets |
Interconnecting more or less regularly. |
vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
neuter |
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architecture |
flower, floret |
Lacking both stamens and pistils. |
…headed |
= …cephalous |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in three-headed, few-headed, 6-headed. |
articulate(d) |
= jointed |
architecture |
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Elongate with one or more distinct, relatively narrow zones of demarcation between adjacent main portions of the whole, these articulations (joints) often thicker and sometimes sites of eventual abscission. |
bifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that differ distinctly in appearance. |
stalked 6 |
= stipitate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |