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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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laticiferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and exuding latex. |
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enzymatic |
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exudation |
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Secreting a digestive exoenzyme; in carnivorous plants. |
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salt-excreting |
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exudation |
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Accumulating salt and discharging it directly to the exterior in a concentrated aqueous solution, the salt then crystallizing on the exterior following evaporation of the fluid medium; when salt-excreting glands are indicated in the nominative, usually they are called simply salt glands. |
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nectariferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and secreting nectar; when glands are nectariferous, they are usually indicated nominatively as nectaries. |
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glandular 2 |
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exudation |
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Anatomically distinct and producing and exuding a particular substance. |
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tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
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bulla pl. bullae |
= blister, pustule |
FEATURE |
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A relatively coarse, rounded protrusion or convexity. See also papilla. |
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fovea pl. foveae |
= pit, scrobis |
FEATURE |
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A small, rounded depression. |
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fissure |
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FEATURE |
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A relatively narrow, split or crack in the outer tissue(s) of a structure. |
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clinandrium pl. clinandria |
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FEATURE |
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The cavity in a floral column (gynostemium) within which the anthers are borne. |
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commissure |
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FEATURE |
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Precisely, the joint or common boundary between the facing surfaces of two coherent or mutually appressed structures such as mericarps or stigmas, but traditionally (though imprecisely) applied to such a facing surface itself. |
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umbo pl. umbines, umbos |
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FEATURE |
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A relatively small, rounded or conical, central protrusion upon an essentially round, broad face. |
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bundle scar |
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FEATURE |
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A smaller scar within the bounds of a leaf scar at the point where a vascular bundle traversed the abscission layer between stem and leaf. |
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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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macula pl. maculae |
= blotch, spot |
FEATURE |
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An area that differs in color from the rest of a structure's surface, usually due to differing coloration. See also eyespot. |
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hilum 1 pl. hila |
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FEATURE |
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The scar left on a seed at the point of its abscission from the funiculus. |
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hilum 2 pl. hila |
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FEATURE |
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The more or less central point within a starch grain of intracellular origin, about which the successive layers of starch were accreted more or less symmetrically. |
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scallop |
= crena |
FEATURE |
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A rounded, marginal convexity or concavity in a series of such that alternate regularly and are oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scalloplet (crenule), tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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spot |
= blotch, macula |
FEATURE |
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An area that differs in color from the rest of a structure's surface, usually due to differing coloration. See also eyespot. |
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pore |
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FEATURE |
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A small aperture or opening in a wall or covering that allows transport between interior and exterior. |
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lacuna pl. lacunae |
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FEATURE |
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A hole or cavity; an empty space surrounded by tissue in two or three dimensions. |
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scalloplet |
= crenule |
FEATURE |
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A diminutive scallop (crena). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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equatorial ridge |
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FEATURE |
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A circumferential ring about a megaspore in the plane of its equator, raised above the remainder of the wall surface; in some heterosporous taxa of Polypodiophyta. |
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dot |
= punctum |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
