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syngenesious |
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fusion |
flower, androecium |
Having the anthers connate or coherent and forming a ring. |
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coalescent |
|
fusion |
equivalent and/or dissimilar structures |
Partially and irregularly coherent and/or adherent. |
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coherent |
|
fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
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fasciate(d) |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Abnormally proliferated in size and/or number and more or less connate, the result often monstrous. |
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discrete |
= distinct |
fusion |
equivalent structures |
Not fused or joined with one another in any degree. |
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free |
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fusion |
dissimilar structure(s) |
Not fused with or joined to any other dissimilar structure(s). |
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connate |
|
fusion |
equivalent structures |
Intimately fused, with strong histological continuity. |
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cryptocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) remaining inside the seed coat. |
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phanerocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) emerging from the seed coat. |
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caespitose |
|
habit |
|
See cespitose. |
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diurnal |
= day-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the daytime. |
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frutescent |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Developing the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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subshrubby |
> suffrutescent, suffruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a subshrub (undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, woody-clumping. |
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supine |
= procumbent, prostrate, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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viny |
> lianous |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, herbaceous or ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that clamber, climb or trail. |
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reclining |
|
habit |
axis |
Inserted above substrate level and recurved, the distal portion procumbent. |
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fruticose |
< shrubby; >< bushy |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a frutex (shrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, frutescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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endophytic |
|
habit |
|
Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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stigmatic |
|
habit |
trichome |
Borne on the surface of the stigma and serving to hold pollen deposited there, variously shaped, often glandular, sometimes contractile. |
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hemiepiphytic |
|
habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
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motile |
|
habit |
|
Able to translocate by intrinsic means, as by flagellar propulsion. |
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clustered 2 |
= gregarious |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggretations. See also cespitose. |
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prostrate |
= procumbent, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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stinging |
= urent |
habit |
trichome |
Setaceous or capillate and ejecting an irritating fluid when the apex is dislocated by external pressure, the ejection accomplished by release of existing internal fluid pressure or by contraction of the whole trichome. |
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twining |
= voluble |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
