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diffuse-porous |
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porosity |
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Homogeneously porous, the vessels not differentially disposed by size or number. |
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serrulate |
= small-sawtoothed |
margin |
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Finely serrate (sawtoothed). See also crentate (scalloped), crenulate (small-scalloped), dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed). |
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intravaginal |
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position |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
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beaklet 1 |
= rostellum |
STRUCTURE |
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A small beak or rostrum. |
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column 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A fused androecium (connate stamens) closely surrounding but free from the gynoecium; esp. in Malvaceae. |
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emargination |
= notch |
FEATURE |
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A relatively small, acute sinus at the distal end of a laminar structure. |
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glandless |
= eglandular |
architecture |
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Lacking glands. |
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subglobose |
= suborbicular, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost globose, slightly longer than broad. |
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muticous |
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apex |
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Lacking a distinct terminal point (when one might be expected). |
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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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caudex pl. caudices |
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STRUCTURE |
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The short, persistent, thickened, more or less erect, main stem of a perennial plant that otherwise has annual stems. |
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rhombate |
= rhombic |
plane shape |
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Broadest at the middle and more or less regularly attenuate to either end, the sides angled at the middle and more or less straight from there to either end. |
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sarcous |
= carnose, fleshy |
texture |
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Fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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crista pl. cristae |
= crest |
STRUCTURE |
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A laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched, apical protrusion. |
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versatile |
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fixation |
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Attached in a manner allowing free rotation and declination. |
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neck (floral tube) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The solid, usually constricted portion of a floral tube sometimes present between casing and collar when those are both present. |
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bag-shaped |
= pouch-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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powdery |
= granuliferous, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also dusty (lentiginose, lentiginous), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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stomatal pore 2 |
= stomium |
FEATURE |
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The opening in the wall of a sporangium, between the lip cells, through which the spores exit; in Psilotophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta. |
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mono… |
= one-…, single-…, uni… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by one entity of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in monandrous, monocolpate, monocyclic. See also entries for particular terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination. |
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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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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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superficial |
= surficial |
position |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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reflectance |
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CHARACTER |
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Aspect as to proportion and pattern of incident light reflected from the surface. |
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areola 1 pl. areolae |
= areole |
STRUCTURE |
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Any distinctive surficial discontinuity of generally circular outline, whether concave, flush, or convex; when protuberant, sometimes bearing trichomes or spines, as in some Cactaceae. This term is used only when such entities are deemed structurally distinctive enough to merit description in their own rights, rather than as aspects of the surface. |
