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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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solid shape |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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lacunate |
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relief |
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Having relatively large and deep depressions overall. |
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soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
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ciliate |
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margin |
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Having fine, hair-like trichomes (cilia) oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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column 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A fused androecium (connate stamens) closely surrounding but free from the gynoecium; esp. in Malvaceae. |
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stipule scar |
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FEATURE |
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A scar on a stem or petiole due to abscission of a stipule; having an outline like that of a transverse section through the base of the stipule inserted there; variously disposed, usually in pairs, adjacent to a point of leaf insertion, sometimes confluent with the leaf scar, sometimes confluent with stipule scars associated with an opposite leaf, the two sets of scars then more or less encircling the axis. |
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capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
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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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corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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monadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Shed singly, or essentially so, only loosely and irregularly, if at all, coherent, each original tetrad having separated fully. |
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anisopetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals unequal in size and/or shape. |
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diplotegium pl. diplotegia |
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nominative |
fruit |
A pyxis with accessory tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from an inferior ovary. |
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syngenesious |
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fusion |
flower, androecium |
Having the anthers connate or coherent and forming a ring. |
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enation |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively small outgrowth from an otherwise regular boundary or surface of a larger structure. |
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suprafoliar |
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insertion |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
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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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exindusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Lacking an indusium. |
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epirhizal |
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position |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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tubular |
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solid shape |
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Cylindric or attenuate-cylindric overall and with a hollow interior open at one or both ends. |
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firm |
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texture |
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Yielding under only moderately strong pressure; only slightly deformable without internal structural disruption. |
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pericolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented such that some or all of them cross meridians. |
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vernation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of leaves in the bud. |
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vallecular |
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insertion |
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In or otherwise directly associated with the valleculae; esp. in fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
