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complanate |
= compressed; < flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened bilaterally, parallel to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed or squeezed from opposing sides, the external surface otherwise basically convex. This term usually implies a strong degree of flattening. See also depressed, obcompressed. |
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infrafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stem directly below a leaf insertion. |
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superaxillary |
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insertion |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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central |
= medial, median |
insertion |
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At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. |
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reproduction |
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CHARACTER |
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Type, morphology, disposition, function and/or dissemination of reproductive structures. |
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dotted 1 |
= punctate |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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nerve |
= vein; > costa, midnerve , midrib, midvein, rib |
STRUCTURE |
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A strand belonging to any except the ultimate (least in diameter) order of vasculature in a leaf or other foliaceous structure. See also lateral vein, primary vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
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sinus pl. sinus, sinuses |
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FEATURE |
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The space, indentation, or invagination (or, for some descriptive purposes, the outline thereof) between and delimiting any two consecutive or adjacent lobes or teeth of a structure. |
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hastate 2 |
= halberd-head-shaped |
plane shape |
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Basically triangular with an acute apex and two large, widely divergent basal lobes, each generally triangular and distally acute; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a halberd head. |
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phyllodium pl. phyllodia |
= phyllode |
STRUCTURE |
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A leaf deemed to consist entirely or almost entirely of tissues evolutionarily derived from the petiole, all or a distal portion of which has become laminar, the original blade reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality. |
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glutinous 1 |
> mucilaginous, mucous, viscid |
coating |
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Of a sticky or slimy substance. |
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bossed |
= umbonate |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
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lanceoloid |
= lancehead-shaped, lanciform |
solid shape |
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Considerably longer than broad, compressed or not, broadest near the base and somewhat concavely attenuate to the apex, the attenuation in all median longitudinal planes or else largely confined to one, depending upon the extent of compression, if any. See also oblanceoloid (oblanciform). |
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three-… |
= tri… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by three entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in three-cleft, three-flowered, three-ranked. See also thrice… (tri…, triple…). |
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scabrate |
= rough, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
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osseous |
= bony |
texture |
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Very hard and rather brittle, like bone. |
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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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bellied |
= ventricose |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
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imbricate(d) 1 |
= overlapping |
aestivation |
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Having members whorled or spirally inserted and overlapping one another, each overlapping or overlapped to either side, and also above or below if spirally arranged or in multiple whorls. |
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carinal |
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aestivation |
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Having the petals of the keel (carina) enclosing the others. |
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lyre-shaped |
= lyrate |
plane shape |
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Basically obovate but with several proximal concavities on each side, these sinuses opposite one another in pairs and decreasing in size toward the base; like the frontal outline of a lyre. |
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discal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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shaggy |
= villose, villous |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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flanged |
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plane shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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sharp |
= acute |
apex |
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Acutely angular; regularly and more or less straightly attenuate to an angular tip, the sides intersecting at an angle of less than 90°. |
