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suffruticose |
< subshrubby |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a suffrutex (subshrub, undershrub). See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, suffrutescent, woody-clumping. |
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nocturnal |
= night-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the nighttime. |
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cespitose var. caespitose |
= tufted |
habit |
plants |
Growing in distinct, compact, relatively dense, turf-like aggregations. See also clustered (gregarious). |
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floating 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Buoyant and growing entirely at or near the surface of water, not rooted in any substrate. |
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deciduous 2 |
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habit |
plant |
Perennial and having all leaves separating and falling away during a particular portion of the yearly cycle, especially the autumn or the dry season, between growing seasons. Semantically, this term is properly applied only to the entity that falls, not to the structure that it separates and falls from; in traditional usage, though, the term has been applied to trees and other perennial plants that shed all their leaves at some time during the yearly cycle. |
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dovetailing |
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habit |
trichome |
Papillate and serving to hold a surface to the opposing one of an appressed structure by interlocking with others on the opposing surface; sometimes furcate. |
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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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creeping |
= repent |
habit |
axis |
Procumbent and rooting adventitiously at intervals along its length. |
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shrubby |
> bushy, frutescent, fruticose |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a shrub. See also arboreous, arborescent, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like, woody-clumping. |
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evening-blooming |
= vespertine |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the evening. |
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evergreen |
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habit |
plant |
Perennial and bearing some viable leaves at all times during the yearly cycle. |
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tree-form |
> arboreous, arborescent |
habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a tree. See also bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
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decumbent |
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habit |
axis |
Reclining upon the substrate proximally, ascending to erect distally. |
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vespertine |
= evening-blooming |
habit |
flower |
Opening during the evening. |
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solitary 2 |
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habit |
plants |
Growing singly; not aggregated. |
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procumbent |
= prostrate, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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superior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at or near the apex of the sorus, distal to the sporangia. |
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distal |
> apical |
insertion |
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Upon or associated with the portion of a structure farthest from its developmental origin. |
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adaxial |
= ventral (not recommended) |
insertion |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) toward the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
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coronal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the corona. |
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interpetiolar |
< nodal |
insertion |
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Upon the stem between the bases of opposite leaves. |
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epiphyllous |
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insertion |
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Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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laminar 1 |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the lamina (blade) of a foliaceous structure. |
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vascular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the vasculature. |
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receptacular |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the receptacle. |
