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masculine |
= male |
reproduction |
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Of the sex that produces microspores and sperm. |
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acephalous 1 |
= headless |
architecture |
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Not terminated or surmounted by a head-like structure, esp. when one might be expected. |
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unilateral 1 |
= one-sided |
architecture |
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Having only one side, as compared with presumably equivalent, bilaterally symmetric structures. |
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neck (floral tube) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The solid, usually constricted portion of a floral tube sometimes present between casing and collar when those are both present. |
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fusiform |
= spindle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate, transversely round, broadest at the middle and regularly attenuate to either end. |
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declined |
= inclined |
orientation |
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Directed downward or backward. |
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club-shaped |
= clavate |
solid shape |
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Elongate and basically round in transverse section, the diameter greatest at or near a blunt apex, thence attenuate toward the base, the degree of taper greatest between the middle and the upper quarter. |
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petiole |
< stalk, stipe (broad sense, not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a leaf. |
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laminar 1 |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the lamina (blade) of a foliaceous structure. |
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distant |
= remote |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively far from one another along the axis. |
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thallus 1 pl. thalli |
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STRUCTURE |
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The vegetative portion of a shoot when not differentiated into stem and leaves; esp. in Lemnaceae. |
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sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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conjugate |
= geminate, paired |
arrangement |
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Inserted by pairs, the members of each fused or not. |
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calyculus 2 pl. calyculi |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively the bractlets (bracteoles) sometimes subtending (beneath or outside) the involucre in a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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operculum pl. opercula |
= lid |
STRUCTURE |
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A distal, cover-like portion of a structure whose main body is otherwise closed, transversely discontinuous with the main body around most of the circumference, or becoming partially or wholly separate by transverse dehiscence; as of an ascidium (pitcher), pollen grain, pyxis, or sporangium (spore case). |
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squamose |
= lepidote, squamate; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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opposite 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in pairs along the axis, the members of each pair inserted at the same level across from one another. |
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squamule 1 |
= squamella; < scale |
STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive squama (lepis). |
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arrowhead-shaped 2 |
= sagittate |
plane shape |
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Generally triangular, tapering gradually from the base to an acute apex, the base with a relatively large, acute, retrorse lobe to either side; like the outline of the broad lateral face of an arrowhead. |
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primary axis |
> ray |
STRUCTURE |
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A main or first-order axis within any specified, uniformly delimited structural context. |
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loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
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four-… |
= quadr(i)…, tetra… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by four entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in four-angled, four-petaled, four-ranked. |
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archegonium pl. archegonia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A female gametangium; a multicellular fertile organ of a mature gametophyte within which female gametes (eggs, ova) are produced and fertilized; having a broad, bulbous base and a narrower distal neck. Technically present but highly reduced and of no descriptive significance in Magnoliophyta. |
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seta 2 pl. setae |
= bristle; > glochid, glochidium |
STRUCTURE |
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A trichome that is elongate, slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, and stiff. |
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culm |
< cane, stem |
STRUCTURE |
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A stem of a sedge (Cyperaceae) or grass (Poaceae), usually hollow. Use of this term or cane instead of stem is a matter of tradition and preference, not of descriptive precision or necessity. |
