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bifurcate |
< forked, furcate |
plane shape |
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Having two terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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naked 1 |
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architecture |
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Lacking a covering that might have been expected. |
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palet 1 |
= pale, palea, receptacular bract |
STRUCTURE |
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A small papery (chartaceous) to membranous bract borne on the compound receptacle (torus) of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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pitted |
= foveate |
relief |
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Having numerous, small, rounded depressions. See also fine-pitted (foveolate, scrobiculate). |
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deflexed |
= reflexed |
orientation |
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Abruptly bent outward (abaxially), downward, or backward at some point along its length. |
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emargination |
= notch |
FEATURE |
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A relatively small, acute sinus at the distal end of a laminar structure. |
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hypanthium 1 (broad sense) pl. hypanthia |
= floral cup (broad sense), floral tube |
STRUCTURE |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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tuft |
> coma |
STRUCTURE |
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A distinct, compact, relatively dense, homogeneous aggregation of plants or constituent structures such as stems, branches, leaves, bracts or trichomes. |
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whorled |
= cyclic, seriate, verticillate |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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basal |
< proximal |
insertion |
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At or very near the developmental origin (base) of a structure. |
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capillate |
= capillary, hair-like |
solid shape |
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Finely filiform; like a hair. |
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ontogeny |
= development |
CHARACTER |
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Mode or pattern of growth and differentiation. |
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colpus pl. colpi |
= fossula, furrow, groove, sulcus, vallecula |
FEATURE |
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An elongate depression that is relatively shallow and narrow. |
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petiolule |
< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a leaflet, analogous to the petiole of a leaf. |
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cupulate |
= calyciform, cup-shaped |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
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…pterous |
= …winged |
architecture |
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Having the number of alae (wings) indicated by the prefix; as in dipterous, polypterous, tetrapterous. |
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fasciculate 2 |
= bundled (not recommended), fascicled |
arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more fascicles, the members of each inserted close together and only slightly if at all divergent from one another. |
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squamose |
= lepidote, squamate; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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superficial |
= surficial |
position |
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Directly upon the surface of the structure in point. |
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keel 1 |
= carina |
STRUCTURE |
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An elongate, median longitudinal ridge that is basically triangular in transverse section and resembles the keel of a boat; esp. in leaf blades and sheaths, glumes, lemmata, paleae, sepals, petals. |
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trichome |
> bristle, capillus, glochid, glochidium, hair, lepis, scale, seta, squama, squamella, squamule; >< cilium |
STRUCTURE |
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Any superficial, unicellular or multicellular structure arising entirely from an epidermis. Unlike other epidermal enations or coverings, trichomes are cellular structures. |
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vesture var. vestiture |
= indumentum |
STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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The trichomes and/or exuded substance that overlie a surface proper, regarded collectively. See also coating, pubescence. |
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megasporangium pl. megasporangia |
= macrosporangium (not recommended) |
STRUCTURE |
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A sporangium that produces megaspores. |
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obterete |
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solid shape |
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Inversely terete. |
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…cleft |
? …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
plane shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in three-cleft. |
