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plicate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Valvate with each member strongly infolded longitudinally. |
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accrescent |
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duration |
structure |
Increasing further in size after the bearing structure has become functionally mature; esp. a calyx after anthesis. |
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false |
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derivation |
indusium |
Constituting a marginal fold of the lamina as a whole and not a distinct enation from the epidermis. |
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asepalous |
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architecture |
flower, perianth |
Lacking sepals. |
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oblanceolate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely lanceolate (lancehead-shaped). |
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runcinate |
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plane shape |
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Basically obovate with a series of retrorse, acute lobes on either side, these diminishing in size toward the base. |
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thyrsate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
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circular |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming a circle. |
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ligule 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An adaxial, distal enation from a leaf sheath, especially in most grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae); usually unitary and membranous, sometimes instead consisting of a row of ciliate processes. See also hastula. |
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filament |
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STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a stamen, clearly differentiated from and bearing at its summit an anther. |
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heteropolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
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oil-secreting |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding an oily substance, often aromatic; when oil-secreting glands are indicated in the nominative, often they are called simply oil glands. |
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tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
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discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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pseudolamina pl. pseudolaminae |
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STRUCTURE |
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The expanded part of a phyllode (phyllodium), resembling a blade but evolutionarily derived from the petiole. |
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coherent |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
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included |
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position |
anther, style |
Not protruding beyond the floral envelope. See also exsert(ed). |
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papilla pl. papillae |
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FEATURE |
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A small, conoidal protrusion resembling a pimple. See also pustule (blister, bulla). |
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septate 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular to multicellular with transverse partitions (septa) that are common cell walls (intercellular) and/or intrusions from longitudinal cell walls (intracellular). |
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pyramidal |
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solid shape |
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Transversely triangular or polygonal, broadest at the base and regularly attenuate to an angular apex, all faces essentially plane. |
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submergent |
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location |
structure of aquatic plant |
Descending from above the water surface to a point beneath it. |
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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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aggregate fruit |
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nominative |
fruit |
Compound and derived from the two or more simple, superior ovaries of a single apocarpous flower; the ovaries connate, coherent, or contiguous in the fruit, the whole with or without accessory tissue. |
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massula pl. massulae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A body of coherent pollen grains, dispersed as a unit; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
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bud-scale scar |
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FEATURE |
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A scar on a stem due to abscission of a bud scale. The scar(s) encircle(s) the axis to which the bud was terminal, each single scar having an outline like that of a transverse section through the base of the bud scale that was inserted there. Sets of bud scale scars (one set per bud) usually delimit seasonal stem growth increments in temperate zone taxa. |
