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tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
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circumcaulous |
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insertion |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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ligule 3 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively small, attenuate, membranous, laminar enation from the adaxial surface of a leaf near its base; in Selaginella, Isoetes. |
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filamentous |
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texture |
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Composed of filiform (thread-like) strands with no intervening tissue. |
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heterosporous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Producing two types of spore, microspore and megaspore, which are sexually distinct and usually different in size, each megaspore giving rise to a megagametophyte, each microspore to a microgametophyte. |
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trigamous |
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reproduction |
inflorescence |
Bearing flowers of three differing sexual constitutions; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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secund 1 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having the pedicels oriented such that the main bodies of all the flowers lie to one side of the bearing axis. |
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tunic |
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STRUCTURE |
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A membranous covering outside the epidermis, especially around bulbs and corms, often becoming loose, sometimes scarious. |
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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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pseudopetiolate |
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architecture |
leaf |
Having a distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion that is evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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collar 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The free portion (if any) of a floral tube, distal to its casing and/or neck when one or both is/are present. |
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septifragal |
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dehiscence |
fruit |
Splitting through the exterior wall suture(s) but not the septum(-a), the valves of the wall then separating from the septum(-a) and the locules thus opened directly to the outside. |
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unequal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Distinctly differing in extent. See also equal, subequal. |
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akene |
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nominative |
fruit |
See achene. |
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matted |
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habit |
plants |
Growing in extensive, low, dense aggregations, sometimes with the stems of different plants intertwined. |
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bulb |
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STRUCTURE |
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A thickened underground perennating structure consisting of a stem with numerous closely proximate nodes bearing many tightly imbricate, thickened, often fleshy, foliaceous organs containing large amounts of stored food, usually in the form of starch; the whole usually enveloped and protected by imbricated scarious or fibrous foliaceous organs. |
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integumentary |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of one or both seed integuments. |
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elater 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An elongate cell with a helical, hygroscopic thickening in its wall, contained within a sporangium, expanding and contracting with changes in humidity and aiding dispersal of the spores; esp. in Hepaticae. |
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vascular |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the vasculature. |
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androecial tube |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tubular portion of an androecium in which the component structures have fused with one another laterally over part or all their lengths. |
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microsporocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporocarp that bears only microsporangia. |
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corm |
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STRUCTURE |
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A short, thickened, solid, usually subterranean, sometimes fleshy stem base containing stored carbohydrates and serving as a perennating organ. |
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superposed 2 |
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insertion |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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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. |
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isthmus |
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STRUCTURE |
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A narrower portion connecting two wider or broader portions of an inclusive structure. |
