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ramal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
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suffused |
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coloration |
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Having two or more hues, shades, and/or intensities intermingled, the contrasting components distinguishable only submacroscopically. |
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convolute 2 |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Each rolled or folded inward longitudinally, one enveloping the other. |
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irregular 1 |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Imperfectly actinomorphic, the constituents disposed symmetrically but unequal in size and/or shape. See also peloric. |
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perigynium 2 pl. perigynia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A phyllary (involucral bract) or palea (pale, palet) that fully encloses a cypsela; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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versatile |
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fixation |
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Attached in a manner allowing free rotation and declination. |
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enzymatic |
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exudation |
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Secreting a digestive exoenzyme; in carnivorous plants. |
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mucilage |
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substance |
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A slimy exudate. |
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carinal |
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aestivation |
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Having the petals of the keel (carina) enclosing the others. |
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spicy |
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odor |
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Pleasantly pungent, reminiscent of spices. |
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appendage |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any subordinate structure ontogenetically derived from and associated with a given organ or part. |
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gummy |
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texture |
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Highly viscous and sticky, liquid or more or less deformably solid, sometimes more or less elastic. |
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neotenous |
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maturation |
structure |
Retaining at maturity attributes that are usually restricted to the juvenile stage. |
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ridge |
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FEATURE |
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A very narrow, elongate, relatively low protrusion; esp. on fruits in Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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zoned |
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coloration |
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Having two or more fairly distinctly delineated areas of contrasting hues and/or intensities. |
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…faced |
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solid shape |
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Having relatively large, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface, of the number indicated by the prefix; as in three-faced. |
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obcordiform |
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solid shape |
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Inversely cordiform (heart-shaped). |
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cymose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more simple or compound cymes. See also cincinnate, cymulose, dichasiate, helicoid-cymose, monochasiate, rhipidiate, scorpioid-cymose. |
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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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axillary |
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position |
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Within the axil; nodal and at or very close to the vertex of the distal angle between a lateral structure, especially a leaf, and the axis that bears it. |
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heterocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having long, narrow, regularly disposed lacunae (pseudocolpi). |
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transverse 1 |
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dehiscence |
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More or less perpendicular to the central axis. |
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disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
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flexuose |
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course |
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See flexuous. |
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cochlear |
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aestivation |
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Imbricate with one member larger than and exterior to the others, parallel to one that is internal to all the others, strongly incurved, and enclosing the others. |
