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short-shoot |
= spur |
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A first- or higher-order woody stem branch having relatively unelongated internodes, thus proximate nodes, and limited duration of growth, usually branching little if at all; often a main locus of flower production; usually more or less perpendicular to the axis that bears it and resembling a spur projecting from it; sometimes becoming more or less spinose after elongation ceases; esp. in Rosaceae. |
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crispate |
= crisped, curly |
margin |
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Having closely and irregularly spaced, irregularly shaped, often compound convexities that curve irregularly through three dimensions. |
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peripheral |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the outer surfaces or regions of a three-dimensional structure. Although use of this term in two-dimensional contexts is technically correct, traditionally the term marginal is preferred in such cases. |
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episepalous |
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position |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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laciniate |
= slashed; < cut, incised, lacerate, torn |
plane shape |
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Having relatively close, more or less straight lines of separation exending inward from the margin. See also cleft (dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented). |
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receptacular bract |
= pale, palea, palet |
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A small papery (chartaceous) to membranous bract borne on the compound receptacle (torus) of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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S-shaped 2 |
= sigmoid |
solid shape |
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Elongate with more or less constant width or diameter and curved more or less regularly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, like the letter S. |
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mushroom-shaped |
= fungiform |
solid shape |
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Having a cylindric base and a considerably broader, pulvinate distal portion; like the generalized form of a mushroom. |
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clinandrium pl. clinandria |
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FEATURE |
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The cavity in a floral column (gynostemium) within which the anthers are borne. |
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waxy 2 |
= ceraceous, cereous, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
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sporophyll |
= spore leaf; > fertile frond |
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A leaf or homologous structure that bears sporangia. See also megasporophyll (macrosporophyll, not recommended), microsporophyll. |
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fixed |
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fixation |
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Attached to the bearing structure in a manner allowing no significant rotation or declination in relation to it. |
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…lobate |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in bilobate. |
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canalicular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the channel of a petiole or petiolule. |
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septate 1 |
> trabeculate |
architecture |
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Having one or more septa. |
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coronal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the corona. |
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strobilus pl. strobili |
= cone; > female cone, macrostrobilus (not recommended), male cone, megastrobilus, microstrobilus |
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A compound or complex reproductive structure consisting of a central axis bearing congested sporophylls and sometimes other lateral members (e.g., bracts) that are sterile. |
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endophytic |
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habit |
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Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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rachis 2 var. rhachis |
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STRUCTURE |
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A main or first-order axis of an inflorescence. |
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moniliform |
= beaded |
solid shape |
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Elongate, relatively slender, transversely round, and more or less regularly constricted over its length, the whole straight or variously curved; like a necklace of beads. |
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verticil |
= cycle, series, whorl |
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A set of three or more lateral structures that are inserted around an axis at the same level. |
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spiculate |
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relief |
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Having small, fine, stiff, acute protrusions that resemble little spikes. See also scabridulous (scabrellate, scabrellous, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
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basal cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the ring of cells forming the lowermost (proximal) portion of an antheridial wall. |
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felted |
> panniform, pannose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. |
