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…foliate |
= …leaved |
architecture |
plant, stem |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in hexafoliate, trifoliate. |
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…styled |
= …stylous |
architecture |
flower, pistil |
Having the number of styles indicated by the prefix; as in five-styled. |
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radiate 1 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are pistillate (either fertile or sterile) or neuter and that have zygomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of bisexual or functionally staminate florets that have actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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asymmetric(al) 2 |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are irregular and/or unequal in number of members. |
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monochasiform |
= monochasium-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a monochasium, but not strictly such. |
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vesiculate |
= alate, saccate, winged |
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having lateral lobes or enations resembling sacs or somewhat inflated wings. |
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spike-like |
= spiciform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a spike, but not strictly such. |
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synstemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having two or more stamens, some or all of them connate. |
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stipitate |
< stalked |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |
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ladder-like |
= scalariform |
arrangement |
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Disposed in vertical sequence with long axes horizontal and parallel. |
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seriate |
= cyclic, verticillate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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radiate 2 |
= radial, radiant, stellate |
arrangement |
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Disposed about and mutually divergent from a common geometric center in two or three dimensions, thus collectively actinomorphic. |
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pleurorhizal |
= accumbent |
arrangement |
cotyledons |
Having the two cotyledons facing and parallel (adaxial surfaces contiguous) and recurved together, one lateral edge of each abutting the hypocotyl and radicle. |
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clustered 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more aggregates, the members of each inserted close together, thence widely divergent from one another. |
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valvate 2 |
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arrangement |
planate structures |
Not overlapping, adjacent members laterally contiguous at their margins. |
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…seriate 2 |
= …cyclic, …verticillate, …whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed in the number of series (cycles, verticils, whorls) indicated by the prefix; as in biseriate, 3-seriate. |
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elliptic(al) 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming an ellipse |
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whorled |
= cyclic, seriate, verticillate |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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…whorled |
= …cyclic, …seriate, …verticillate |
arrangement |
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Disposed in the number of whorls (cycles, series, verticils) indicated by the prefix; as in three-whorled, 1-whorled. |
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…angular 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a figure with the number of sides indicated by the prefix. |
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rosulate |
= rosetted |
arrangement |
leaves |
Forming a rosette; strongly congested and disposed radially about the main stem at or very near its base, seeming to arise at the same level and often overlapping laterally; esp. in perennial herbs. |
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duplicate 1 |
= conduplicate |
arrangement |
cotyledons |
Adaxially contiguous, folded sharply together longitudinally (one adaxially, one abaxially), and reflexed together, one enveloping the hypocotyl and radicle, the other enveloping the first. |
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distant |
= remote |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively far from one another along the axis. |
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circular |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a circle. |
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distichous |
= two-ranked |
arrangement |
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Disposed in two ranks along the axis, the ranks opposite one another. |
