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raphe |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the funicle adnate to the integument of an anatropous ovule; represented by a longitudinal ridge or other discontinuity in the surface and/or color of the testa on one side of the mature seed. |
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superior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at or near the apex of the sorus, distal to the sporangia. |
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soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
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vexillate |
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aestivation |
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Having a larger member oriented more or less perpendicular to and folded about the others. |
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actinodromous |
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venation |
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Having three or more primary veins that diverge radially from a point at or above the base of the blade and run toward the margin, reaching it or not. |
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indusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Having an indusium. |
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drupelet |
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nominative |
fruit |
Diminutively drupe-like but derived from one of the simple, superior ovaries of an apocarpous flower, having a fleshy fruit wall and a hard seed (pyrene) within, a distinct constituent in an aggregate fruit; esp. in Rosaceae. |
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multiciliate |
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architecture |
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Having several to many cilia. |
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synangium pl. synangia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A compound sporangium; an aggregation of coherent sporangia, the whole multilocular. |
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fruity |
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odor |
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Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
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connate |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Intimately fused, with strong histological continuity. |
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interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
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root 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, all those portions of a plant body that are anatomically distinct from the shoot, the component axes not differentiated into nodes and internodes, and branching endogenously. |
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terminal |
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position |
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Apical and with the same developmental axis as the whole, of which it is the distalmost portion or appendage. |
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epipetalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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tiller |
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STRUCTURE |
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An erect or ascending stem that branches from the base of another at or below the surface of the ground; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae) and other monocotyledons (Liliidae). |
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present |
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presence |
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Occurring within the context in point. |
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apetalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth |
Lacking petals. |
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laminar 2 |
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solid shape |
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Relatively very thin with parallel opposite broad faces, the whole plane or variously curved. Structures to which this term, along with any other three-dimensional ones, is applicable are often also described as though only two-dimensional, using terms that are implicitly understood to refer only to the outline of the broad faces. |
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exfoliating |
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relief |
bark |
Shallowly and distantly fissured, falling away in thin, relatively large patches or sheets. |
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trichotomocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having a triradiate surficial groove (colpus). |
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legume |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, septicidal, one-loculed and derived from a single, superior, simple ovary; dehiscing along two sutures, one abaxial, one adaxial; in Fabaceae (Leguminosae). See also loment. |
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dehiscence |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of opening (splitting or forming apertures). |
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pseudoterminal |
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position |
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Only apparently terminal; originally subapical but displaced toward the apex by differential growth during development. |
