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mucronate |
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apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a short, hard point that is a continuation of vascular tissue. See also apiculate, mucronulate. |
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poly… |
= many-…, multi…, pluri… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by a relatively large number of entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in polyadelphous, polyandrous, polycarpellate. See also entries for particular terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination;and also oligo… (few-…). |
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egg-shaped 1 |
= ovate |
plane shape |
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Elongate and wholly convex, widest near a bluntly rounded base and attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like the lateral outline of a fowl egg. See also obovate. |
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connective |
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STRUCTURE |
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The tissue between and joining the laterally opposed thecae of an anther, connecting them with the distal end of the staminal filament when the latter is present. |
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lineate 2 |
> streaked, striate |
relief |
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Having very narrow, straight, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also lineolate. |
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truncate 2 |
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base |
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Having a generalized proximal boundary that is more or less straight or plane and approximately perpendicular to the central axis. |
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ruminate |
= chewed |
relief |
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Irregularly convoluted, as if chewed. |
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semiobterete |
= half-obterete |
solid shape |
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Inversely semiterete; obterete but flattened on one side. |
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horizontal |
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orientation |
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Parallel to the horizon, perpendicular to the force of gravity. |
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streaked 1 |
= striate |
coloration |
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Having an overall pattern of fine, more or less parallel lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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female cone |
= macrostrobilus (not recommended), megastrobilus |
STRUCTURE |
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A cone (strobilus) whose fertile organs are all megasporophylls. |
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brittle |
= friable |
texture |
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Dry, firm and easily broken. |
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microsporocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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A sporocarp that bears only microsporangia. |
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velvety |
= velutinous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing dense, moderately firm, more or less erect, capillate trichomes, like velvet pile to the touch. |
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spathulate |
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plane shape |
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See spatula-shaped, spatulate. |
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…partite |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in tripartite. |
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declinate |
= inclinate |
orientation |
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Bent or curved downward or forward. |
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pitted |
= foveate |
relief |
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Having numerous, small, rounded depressions. See also fine-pitted (foveolate, scrobiculate). |
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involucre 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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One or more closely proximate whorls, or a compact spiral, of bracts immediately subtending an inflorescence, the bracts sometimes leaf-like, sometimes petaloid. |
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fringe |
= fimbria |
STRUCTURE |
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A marginal series or cycle of regular, slender, closely adjacent, more or less flexible segments or protrusions, when treated as an aggregate structure. |
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rightward |
= dextrorse |
orientation |
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Directed to the right, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also leftward (sinistrorse). |
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cauline |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the stem. |
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obdeltate |
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plane shape |
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Approximately equilaterally triangular, broadest distally, and regularly attenuate to an angular base; inversely deltate; equilaterally cuneate. |
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adventitious |
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derivation |
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Arising more or less unpredictably from an organ, tissue, or site that is an unusual, abnormal, or atypical origin for structures of its type. |
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dot |
= punctum |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
