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filiform |
= thread-like |
solid shape |
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Elongate and very slender, basically round in transverse section and of more or less uniform diameter, variously curved over its length or not. See also capillary (capillate, hair-like). |
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bristle-shaped |
= setaceous, setiform |
solid shape |
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Elongate, slender, terete, straight, terminating in a fine point, and apparently stiff. |
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galeiform |
= galeate, helmet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Convex overall with a more or less smoothly curved apex, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a helmet. See also cuculliform (cucullate, hood-shaped), which overlaps conceptually. |
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papillar(y) |
= papilliform |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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scale-like |
= squamiform |
solid shape |
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Isodiametric to elongate in broad outline, relatively very thin, and planate to moderately concave-convex. |
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capitate 2 |
= headed |
solid shape |
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Abruptly enlarged distally to a relatively short, terminal portion that is basically round in transverse section. |
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obconic(al) |
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solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest distally; inversely conic(al) (cone-shaped). |
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cuculliform |
= cucullate, hood-shaped |
solid shape |
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Convex or compressed-convex overall with a distal peak or ridge, relatively thin-walled and essentially hollow with the interior open to one side below the distal portion; resembling a hood or cowl. See also galeiform (galeate, helmet-shaped), which overlaps conceptually. |
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awl-shaped 2 |
= subulate |
solid shape |
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Slender, essentially terete, and straight, gradually attenuate from a relatively narrow base to a very narrow, blunt to angular apex. |
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needle-shaped |
= acerose, acicular |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base. |
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lancehead-shaped 2 |
= lanceoloid, lanciform |
solid shape |
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Considerably longer than broad, compressed or not, broadest near the base and somewhat concavely attenuate to the apex, the attenuation in all median longitudinal planes or else largely confined to one, depending upon the extent of compression, if any. See also oblanceoloid (oblanciform). |
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capitate 3 |
= capitiform, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
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ampulliform |
= flask-shaped, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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S-shaped 2 |
= sigmoid |
solid shape |
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Elongate with more or less constant width or diameter and curved more or less regularly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, like the letter S. |
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hook-shaped |
= unciform |
solid shape |
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Very slenderly elongate with a more or less straight proximal portion and a recurved terminal portion, the whole resembling a hook. |
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globose |
= globular, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a globe or sphere. |
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annular |
= ring-shaped |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |
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pulley-wheel-shaped |
= trochlear |
solid shape |
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Discoid (disciform) but with the circumferential surface concave between faces. |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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papilliform |
= papillar(y) |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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pinnatisect |
< pinnate, pinnatifid |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided with the sinuses extending to the central axis. |
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kneecap-shaped |
= patelliform |
solid shape |
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Thickly meniscoid, like a human kneecap. |
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capitiform |
= capitate, head-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
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circinate 1 |
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solid shape |
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Terete and rolled downward from the apex in a tight coil. |
