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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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prickle |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unvascularized spine-like enation originating in the epidermis, cortex, or mesophyll of any shoot part. See also spine, thorn. |
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present |
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presence |
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Occurring within the context in point. |
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presence |
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CHARACTER |
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Occurrence within the context in point. |
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precocious |
= early-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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praemorse |
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apex |
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Truncate with the distal margin irregular or ragged, as if chewed. |
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powdery |
= granuliferous, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also dusty (lentiginose, lentiginous), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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pouch-shaped |
= bag-shaped, saccate, sack-shaped |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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position |
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CHARACTER |
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Location or disposition with reference to some dissimilar structure(s) or larger context. The lexicons relating to position and insertion overlap to a great degree, since these two morphological concepts are often inseparable in practice. Also overlaps conceptually with arrangement, habit, orientation, and shape. |
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porrect |
= patent, salient, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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porous |
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porosity |
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Having vessels present. |
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porosity |
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CHARACTER |
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Presence and disposition of vessels (pores) in wood (xylem). |
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poricidal |
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dehiscence |
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Forming one or more apertures in the exterior wall, usually apically or sub-apically, through which the contents pass to the outside. |
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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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pome |
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nominative |
fruit |
Indehiscent with accessory floral tube tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary; the exterior thick and fleshy, the interior consisting of several locules bounded by cartilaginous tissue; in Rosaceae. |
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poly… |
= many-…, multi…, pluri… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by a relatively large number of entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in polyadelphous, polyandrous, polycarpellate. See also entries for particular terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination;and also oligo… (few-…). |
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polytomous |
= flabelliramous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing more than three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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polysepalous |
= aposepalous, chorisepalous, dialysepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, calyx |
Having two or more distinct sepals; having the sepals unfused. |
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polyplicate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Inaperturate with meridional folds, thus appearing longitudinally wrinkled. |
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polypetalous |
= apopetalous, choripetalous, dialypetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more distinct petals; having the petals unfused. |
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polygamous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having both bisexual and unisexual flowers, borne on the same or on different plants. |
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polygamomonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Basically monoecious but with some or all plants bearing some bisexual flowers. |
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polygamodioecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Basically dioecious but with some plants bearing some bisexual flowers. |
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polycarpic |
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reproduction |
plant |
Normally fruiting repeatedly prior to senescence. |
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polyadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Shed in groups of more than four, each group comprising grains from two or more original tetrads, the latter intact or not. |
