strict |
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course |
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Lacking any curve or bend. |
exindusiate |
|
architecture |
sorus |
Lacking an indusium. |
elaminate |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Lacking an expanded, more or less planate, distal portion (lamina or blade). |
inaperturate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Lacking an aperture of any type. |
alete |
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architecture |
spore |
Lacking a tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
exstipitate |
= sessile, stalkless, unstalked |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
sessile |
= exstipitate, stalkless, unstalked |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
stalkless |
= exstipitate, sessile, unstalked |
architecture |
|
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
unstalked |
= exstipitate, sessile, stalkless |
architecture |
structure |
Lacking a stalk, thus inserted ("sitting") directly upon the bearing structure. |
eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
rootless |
= eradicate |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
epulvinate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
achlamydeous |
= naked |
architecture |
flower |
Lacking a perianth. |
naked 3 |
= achlamydeous |
architecture |
flower |
Lacking a perianth. |
muticous |
|
apex |
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Lacking a distinct terminal point (when one might be expected). |
odorless |
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odor |
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Lacking a distinct odor. |
naked 1 |
|
architecture |
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Lacking a covering that might have been expected. |
subpetiolar |
|
insertion |
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Just below the point of petiole insertion. |
subpetiolar |
|
position |
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Just below the point of petiole insertion. |
supramedial |
|
insertion |
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Just above the middle of the structure in point. |
supramedial |
|
position |
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Just above the middle of the structure in point. |
suprabasal |
|
insertion |
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Just above the base of the structure in point. |
suprabasal |
|
position |
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Just above the base of the structure in point. |
coherent |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |