farinaceous 2 |
< mealy |
pubescence |
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Loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour. |
sap |
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SUBSTANCE |
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Generally, the fluid content of a plant body; more precisely, the sugary fluid transported by the phloem. |
wing 1 |
= ala |
STRUCTURE |
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Any elongate, relatively thin protrusion or appendage. |
circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
one-veined |
= hyphodromous, single-veined |
venation |
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Having one median, primary vein and no other venation externally evident. |
anadromous |
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venation |
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Having the first lateral vein in each pinna or primary segment of the frond arise from its midvein on the side toward the apex of the frond, the pinnule or secondary segment that it leads to often disproportionately larger than the next distal ones. |
squamella 2 pl. squamellae |
= squamule; < scale |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, dry bract borne on the compound receptacle (torus) of a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
dens pl. dentes |
= tooth |
STRUCTURE |
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One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also crena (scallop), crenule (scalloplet), sawtooth, sawtoothlet, toothlet. |
bell-shaped |
= campanulate |
solid shape |
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Circular in cross-section, inflated proximally, thence broadening gradually to a flared distal portion. |
presence |
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CHARACTER |
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Occurrence within the context in point. |
bellied |
= ventricose |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
callus |
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FEATURE |
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A small, relatively hard covering, outgrowth, or swelling of tissue; esp. in axes of grass (Poaceae) inflorescences just distal to points of eventual disarticulation. |
turnip-shaped |
= napiform |
solid shape |
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Depressed-globose overall and strongly concave-tapered (acuminate) at the base; like the generalized form of a turnip. |
forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
solid shape |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
…serrate |
= …-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of sawteeth indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in biserrate. See also …crenate (…-scalloped), …dentate (…-toothed). |
penta… |
= five-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by five entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in pentandrous, pentacarpellate, pentacolporate. |
suberous |
= corky |
texture |
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Firm, relatively light, discontinuous but strongly cohesive, and resilient. |
keel 2 |
= carina |
STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the two relatively small, connate or coherent, abaxial (lower) petals that form the keel-like portion of a papilionaceous corolla. |
duration |
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CHARACTER |
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Extent of lifetime, or persistence and physical state after maturation. |
raised |
> prominent, prominulous |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
…morphic |
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architecture |
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Existing within the taxon in the number of distinct structural states indicated by the prefix, the states segregated in different sets of plants or not; as in monomorphic, polymorphic, trimorphic. |
villosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely villose (shaggy, villous). |
aestivation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of perianth (undifferentiated), calyx, or corolla members in the bud. |
spinose 3 |
= aculeate, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. See also spinulose. |
cycle |
= series, verticil, whorl |
STRUCTURE |
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A set of three or more lateral structures that are inserted around an axis at the same level. |