knotted |
= torulose |
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Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
barbed 2 |
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solid shape |
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Having one or more relatively short, stiff, acutely inserted or bent, antrorse or retrorse, terminal and/or lateral hook-like appendages; esp. awns or setae. |
tubercular |
= tuberculose |
solid shape |
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Comprising small knot-like segments. |
angled |
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solid shape |
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Having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
ventricose |
= bellied |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
cucullate 2 |
= cuculliform, 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 galeate (galeiform, helmet-shaped), which overlaps conceptually. |
plaited 1 |
= pleated, plicate |
solid shape |
foliaceous structure |
Having alternately adaxial and abaxial lengthwise folds, resembling a fan. |
acerose |
= acicular, needle-shaped |
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; like a needle. |
oblanciform |
= oblanceoloid |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanciform (lancehead-shaped, lanceoloid). |
flagelliform |
= whip-like |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
ensiform |
= sword-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, strongly compressed, the opposite faces plane, parallel, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like a broadsword blade. |
knotty |
= knobby, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knot-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
…angled |
= …gonous |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely flat or curved; as in four-angled. See also …angular (…gonal), deltoid, obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
horseshoe-shaped |
= hippocrepiform |
solid shape |
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Relatively slender and strongly compressed, the whole strongly curved over its length in a plane perpendicular to the direction of compression and forming an incomplete circle, the ends somewhat straighter than the rest and parallel or nearly so; like a horseshoe. |
spheric(al) |
= globose, globular, orbicular, rotund, 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 sphere or globe. |
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. |
acetabuliform |
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solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broader than long, widest near or at the middle, relatively thin-walled, the hollow interior open distally; like a shallow bowl with strongly incurved sides. |
canaliculate |
= channeled |
solid shape |
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Having a longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. a petiole or petiolule. |
umbonate |
= bossed |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
terete |
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solid shape |
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Elongate and transversely round, gradually attenuate from base to apex; attenuate-cylindric or attenuate-tubular, broadest at the base. See also obterete. |
conic(al) |
= cone-shaped |
solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest proximally. See also obconic(al). |
mitre-shaped |
= mitriform |
solid shape |
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Broadest and transversely round to oval proximally, tapering bilaterally above the middle to a central peak; like a peaked hat or cap. |
vermiculate |
= worm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically cylindric, elongate, and slender with bluntly rounded ends, variously curved over its length. |
mitriform |
= mitre-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadest and transversely round to oval proximally, tapering bilaterally above the middle to a central peak; like a peaked hat or cap. |
spheroid(al) |
= globose, globular, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |