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neotenous |
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maturation |
structure |
Retaining at maturity attributes that are usually restricted to the juvenile stage. |
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contractile |
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architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
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late-maturing |
= serotinous |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing late in the growing season, or late relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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sheathed |
= vaginate |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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sepal-like |
= sepaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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fleeting |
= fugacious |
duration |
structure |
Wilting or withering very shortly after emergence, soon becoming inconspicuous and falling away or disintegrating. |
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stipitate |
< stalked |
architecture |
structure |
Having a stipe. |
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unstalked |
= exstipitate, sessile, stalkless |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
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sepaloid |
= sepal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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persistent |
|
duration |
structure |
Remaining attached and conspicuous until the bearing structure reaches maturity. |
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precocious |
= early-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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deciduous 1 |
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duration |
structure |
Separating and falling away from the bearing axis, organ or plant prior to senescence of the latter, usually by developing an anatomically distinct, transverse, basal zone of cells (abcission layer), where separation occurs. See also seasonally deciduous. |
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petal-like |
= petaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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ligulate 1 |
= liguliferous |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
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vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
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leaf-like |
= foliaceous |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a leaf in shape, texture and color. |
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accrescent |
|
duration |
structure |
Increasing further in size after the bearing structure has become functionally mature; esp. a calyx after anthesis. |
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tuberous 2 |
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architecture |
structure |
Resembling a tuber in shape and texture, but not ontogenetically such; esp. roots. |
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liguliferous |
= ligulate |
architecture |
structure |
Having a ligule. |
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hygroscopic |
|
architecture |
structure |
Increasing or decreasing in size according to the presence or absence of surrounding moisture, due to differential swelling or shrinking of component anatomical structures. |
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rooting |
= radicant |
architecture |
structure |
Developing adventitious roots; esp. stems or leaves. |
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perennate |
|
duration |
structure |
Persisting in a functional state through the entire growing season. |
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serotinous |
= late-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing late in the growing season, or late relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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simple-lipped |
= haplocheilic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
