prominulous |
< raised |
prominence |
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Diminutively prominent, protruding only slightly above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
bifurcate |
< forked, furcate |
solid shape |
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Having two terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
macrosporophyll (not recommended) |
= megasporophyll; > carpel, cone scale, ovuliferous scale |
STRUCTURE |
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A sporophyll that bears only megasporangia and, in Pinophyta, naked ovules that develop subsequently. |
umbonate |
= bossed |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
diffuse root |
> fibrous root |
STRUCTURE |
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Any member of a dense system of adventitious, slender roots that arise from the base of a main stem and functionally replace an evanescent primary root. |
fruity |
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odor |
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Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
absent |
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presence |
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Not occurring within the context in point. |
shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
labellum pl. labella |
< labium, lip |
STRUCTURE |
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The third petal of a tripetalous flower when distinctively different from the other two, usually enlarged relative to them and/or differently shaped or colored, usually apparently the abaxial (lower) petal of the three due to resupination during ontogenesis; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
terete |
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solid shape |
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Elongate and transversely round, gradually attenuate from base to apex; attenuate-cylindric or attenuate-tubular, broadest at the base. See also obterete. |
receptacle 1 |
= torus |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively short, simple, axial structure surmounting a pedicel and basal to the flower, usually broader than the pedicel. |
extrafloral |
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position |
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Outside and proximal to the flower; esp. nectaries. |
cane |
< culm, stem |
STRUCTURE |
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A woody, aboveground culm. Use of this term or culm instead of stem is a matter of tradition and preference, not of descriptive precision or necessity. |
muricate |
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relief |
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Having short, hard, more or less acute, transversely round protrusions overall. See also muriculate. |
wavy |
= undulate |
margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating, wave-like deviations upward and downward from the general plane of the structure. |
gynostegium pl. gynostegia |
< corona |
STRUCTURE |
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An androecial corona, typically consisting of distinct hood- and/or horn-shaped enations that rise above the anthers; esp. in Asclepiadaceae. |
spore body |
= sporocarp |
STRUCTURE |
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A multicellular structure that bears and more or less encloses several to (usually) many sporangia, the latter often aggregated into sori within it See also megasporocarp (macrosporocarp, not recommended), microsporocarp. |
tuberculose 1 |
= tuberculate, verrucose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
oleaginous 1 |
= greasy, oily, unctuous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
husk |
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STRUCTURE |
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A more or less dry, hard or fibrous, simple or compound enclosure or outer layer of a seed, fruit or inflorescence. |
strigose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing sharp, rigid, appressed, capillate trichomes. See also strigillose (strigulose). |
circumscissile |
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dehiscence |
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Splitting transversely through the exterior wall about its entire circumference, the resulting upper cap-like portion falling away. |
basicaulous |
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position |
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At or very near the stem base. |
mitre-shaped |
= mitriform |
solid shape |
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Broadest and transversely round to oval proximally, tapering bilaterally above the middle to a central peak; like a peaked hat or cap. |
dentate |
= toothed |
margin |
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Having regularly spaced, angular convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter. See also crenate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |