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granuliferous |
= powdery, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also lentiginous (dusty, lentiginose), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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lentiginous |
= dusty, lentiginose |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of minute, dry, macroscopically indistinguishable particles. See also pulverulent (granuliferous, powdery), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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greasy 1 |
= oily, oleaginous, unctuous |
coating |
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Of a grease- or oil-like film. |
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eyespotted |
= ocellate |
coloration |
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Having a more or less circular area that differes in hue and/or intensity from the remainder of the structure; esp. a corolla with such an area at its center. |
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aciculate |
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coloration |
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Having fine, irregularly oriented, straight streaks of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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netted 2 |
= reticulate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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cryptic |
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coloration |
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Similar to its natural background, from which it is not readily distinguished. |
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spotted |
= blotched, maculate |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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iridescent |
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coloration |
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Reflecting a pattern colors from throughout the visible spectrum, the pattern changing with the angle of view. |
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concolor(ous) |
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coloration |
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Uniform in hue and intensity of color; esp. leaves with identically colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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pellucid |
= hyaline; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
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dotted 1 |
= punctate |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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translucent |
< hyaline, pellucid |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly and diffusely. See also transparent. |
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suffused |
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coloration |
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Having two or more hues, shades, and/or intensities intermingled, the contrasting components distinguishable only submacroscopically. |
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transparent |
< hyaline, pellucid |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly and without diffusion; clear, like glass. See also translucent. |
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zoned |
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coloration |
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Having two or more fairly distinctly delineated areas of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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discolor(ous) |
> bicolor(ous) |
coloration |
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Having surfaces of different colors; esp. leaves with differently colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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hyaline |
= pellucid; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
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reticulate 2 |
= netted |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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bicolor(ous) |
< discolor(ous) |
coloration |
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Having two surfaces of different colors; esp. leaves with differently colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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opaque |
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coloration |
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Not transmitting light. |
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maculate |
= blotched, spotted |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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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. |
