bossed |
= umbonate |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
tapered |
= attenuate |
solid shape |
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Gradually diminishing in width or diameter from one end to the other. |
worm-shaped |
= vermiculate |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
calyptriform |
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solid shape |
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Hollow, roughly circular in cross-section, broader and open distally, and tapering to a closed apex, like a candle snuffer or elongate hood. |
cochleate |
= snail-shell-shaped |
solid shape |
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Relatively broad and short, basically round in transverse section, resembling a rapidly tapering spire overall, the exterior helically convoluted; like a snail shell. |
ribbed 2 |
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solid shape |
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Having two or more prominent, elongate, relatively narrow, essentially parallel protrusions that extend over all or most of its length or circumference. |
faceted |
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solid shape |
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Having numerous, relatively small, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface. |
ventricose |
= bellied |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
cotyliform |
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solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a short, relatively broad, cupulate tube and a well differentiated, erect limb. See also cyathiform, urceolate (urn-shaped). |
pouch-shaped |
= bag-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
scutellate |
= platter-shaped, scutelliform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
tapeworm-shaped |
= taeniate |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
bell-shaped |
= campanulate |
solid shape |
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Circular in cross-section, inflated proximally, thence broadening gradually to a flared distal portion. |
hook-shaped |
= unciform |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |
oblanceoloid |
= oblanciform |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanceoloid (lancehead-shaped, lanciform). |
scutelliform |
= platter-shaped, scutellate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
urceolate |
= urn-shaped |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a truncate-ellipsoid tube and a distinct, erect limb, the whole somewhat constricted between tube and limb. See also cotyliform, cyathiform. |
papillar(y) |
= papilliform |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
plicate 2 |
= plaited, pleated |
solid shape |
foliaceous structure |
Having alternately adaxial and abaxial lengthwise folds, resembling a fan. |
bellied |
= ventricose |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
ridged |
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solid shape |
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Having one or more ridges; esp. fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
falcate 2 |
= sickle-shaped |
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. |
furcate |
= forked; > bifurcate |
solid shape |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
vermiculate |
= worm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
oblanciform |
= oblanceoloid |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanciform (lancehead-shaped, lanceoloid). |