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unilateral 2 |
= one-sided |
orientation |
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Disposed or directed toward one side only. |
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acicular 1 |
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plane shape |
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Very slenderly elongate, widest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a blunter base; like the lateral outline of a needle. |
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blunt 2 |
= obtuse |
base |
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Bluntly angular; having an angular proximal portion whose generalized sides intersect at an angle of 90° or more. |
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needle-shaped |
= acerose, acicular |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base. |
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central |
= medial, median |
position |
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At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. |
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contortuplicate 2 |
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vernation |
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Folded and twisted. |
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depressed |
< flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened distally, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed from the top, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., depressed-globose. See also compressed (complanate), obcompressed. |
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ensate |
= sword-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like the outline of the lateral face of a broadsword blade. |
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sawtooth |
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STRUCTURE |
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One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented at an acute angle to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), tooth, toothlet. |
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flanged |
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solid shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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six-… |
= hexa… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by six entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in six-angled, six-sepaled, six-styled. |
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granulose |
= granular, granulate |
texture |
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Composed of grain-like particles; loose, dry, and coarsely particulate. |
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stipe 1 |
< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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A small, slender connection between a pollinium caudicle and a viscidium; in Orchidaceae. |
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taeniate |
= tapeworm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
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lanuginose |
< cottony |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. |
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lanulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely lanate. |
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beaked |
= rostrate |
apex |
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Terminating in a relatively long, tapering, more or less rigid point. See also small-beaked (rostellate). |
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mucilage |
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substance |
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A slimy exudate. |
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cariniform |
= keel-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate, basically triangular in transverse section, tapering at one or both ends, the outer edge thus somewhat arcuate, the whole resembling the keel of a boat. |
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ovate |
= egg-shaped |
plane shape |
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Elongate and wholly convex, widest near a bluntly rounded base and attenuate to a narrower rounded apex; like the lateral outline of a fowl egg. See also obovate. |
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composite |
= compound |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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pinnatifid |
> pinnatisect; < pinnate |
solid shape |
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Pinnately divided. |
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puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
coloration |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
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echinate |
= spinose, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. |
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rough 2 |
= scabrate, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
