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sickle-shaped 2 |
= falcate |
solid shape |
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Elongate, strongly compressed, and arcuate in the plane of compression, the two faces more or less plane and parallel, the degree of curvature decreasing distally or not; like a sickle blade. |
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banner |
= standard, vexillum |
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The relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal in a papilionaceous corolla. |
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floral |
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insertion |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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conduplicate 2 |
= duplicate |
vernation |
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Each leaf folded sharply inward along its longitudinal axis, the adaxial surfaces of each side facing one another. |
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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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tessellate 2 |
= checkered |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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division |
? lobe, segment |
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Any generally convex, major peripheral protrusion or component sector that is delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that is not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. |
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spur 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A hollow protrusion from a calyx or corolla, often nectariferous. |
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buckler-shaped |
= scutate, scutiform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oblong faces, planate to shallowly concave-convex, sometimes thickened about the periphery such that each face has a marginal rim; like an oblong shield. See also platter-shaped (scutellate, scutelliform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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porous |
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porosity |
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Having vessels present. |
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…lobed |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes indicated by the prefix; as in five-lobed. |
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tufted 2 |
> floccose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
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crumbling |
= fatiscent; > farinaceous, mealy |
texture |
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Easily disintegrating in relatively small pieces, either spontaneously or under pressure. |
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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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epirhizal |
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insertion |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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hypocotyl |
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That portion of an embryo axis between the level of cotyledon insertion above and the root meristem (or radicle, if present) below. |
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stylopodium pl. stylopodia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discoid enlargement at the base of the styles; esp. in Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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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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ala 1 pl. alae |
= wing |
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Any elongate, relatively thin protrusion or appendage. |
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dimidiate |
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plane shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
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dimidiate |
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solid shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
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granular |
= granulate, granulose |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
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bole |
= trunk; < main stem, primary stem |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively stout, columnar, main stem of a distinct aboveground portion of a tree. |
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five-… |
= penta… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by five entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in five-grooved, five-stamened, five-tepaled. |
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pliable |
= flexible, pliant, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
