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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
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hyaline |
= pellucid; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
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striped |
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coloration |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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checkered 1 |
= tessellate |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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maculate |
= blotched, spotted |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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dotted 1 |
= punctate |
coloration |
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Having small, round, clear or colored spots that contrast with the ground color. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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eyespotted |
= ocellate |
coloration |
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Having a more or less circular area that differes in hue and/or intensity from the remainder of the structure; esp. a corolla with such an area at its center. |
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spotted |
= blotched, maculate |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
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tessellate 1 |
= checkered |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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zoned |
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coloration |
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Having two or more fairly distinctly delineated areas of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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discolor(ous) |
> bicolor(ous) |
coloration |
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Having surfaces of different colors; esp. leaves with differently colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
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pellucid |
= hyaline; > translucent, transparent |
coloration |
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Transmitting light uniformly. |
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tortuous |
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course |
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Strongly irregular with sharp bends and/or curves. |
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flexuose |
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course |
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See flexuous. |
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flexuous var. flexuose |
= zig-zag |
course |
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Having alternating angular bends to either side, more or less straight between the bends. |
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spiral 2 |
= helical |
course |
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Curving with regularly increasing radius from one end to the other in one general plane. |
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spiral 3 |
= helical |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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straight |
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course |
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Lacking significant curves or bends. |
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sinuous |
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course |
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Regularly wavy in one plane, curved alternately and more or less regularly to either side. |
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arcuate 1 |
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course |
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Curving more or less regularly in one direction. |
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strict |
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course |
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Lacking any curve or bend. |
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irregular 2 |
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course |
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Deviating asymmetrically from a straight line. |
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S-shaped 1 |
= sigmoid |
course |
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Curved more or less regularly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, like the letter S. |
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zig-zag |
= flexuous |
course |
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Having alternating angular bends to either side, more or less straight between the bends. |
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helical 2 |
= spiral |
course |
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Curving with regularly increasing radius from one end to the other in one general plane. |
