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submersed |
= submerged |
location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Beneath the water surface. |
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epigeous |
= epigeal |
location |
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Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
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emersed |
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location |
structure of aquatic plant |
Above the water surface. |
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hypogeal |
= hypogeous, subterranean |
location |
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Within the ground, beneath its surface; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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hypogeous |
= hypogeal, subterranean |
location |
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Within the ground, beneath its surface; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. |
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aerial |
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location |
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Above ground or water level. |
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subterranean |
= hypogeal, hypogeous |
location |
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Within the ground, beneath its surface. |
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inconspicuous |
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manifestation |
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Not prominently evident. |
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vestigial |
< obsolete (not recommended), rudimentary |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa, and thought to have devolved to that state from a fully developed and functional structure in an ancestral taxon. |
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obscure |
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manifestation |
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Hardly evident. |
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obsolete (not recommended) |
= rudimentary; > vestigial |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa. |
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conspicuous |
> showy |
manifestation |
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Prominently evident. |
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rudimentary |
= obsolete (not recommended); > vestigial |
manifestation |
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Not developing fully and not functional compared with corresponding structures in other taxa. |
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showy |
< conspicuous |
manifestation |
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Prominently evident and attractive due to size, shape and/or coloration. |
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fimbriate |
= fringed |
margin |
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Regularly divided into slender, closely adjacent, more or less flexible segments, or having protrusions that give the appearance of such division. See also fimbrillate (fine-fringed). |
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fimbrillate |
= fine-fringed |
margin |
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Finely fimbriate (fringed). |
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crenate |
= scalloped |
margin |
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Having regularly alternating, rounded convexities and concavities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter. See also crenulate (small-scalloped), dentate, denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
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fine-fringed |
= fimbrillate |
margin |
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Finely fringed (fimbriate). |
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…crenate |
= …-scalloped |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of crenae (scallops) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in bicrenate, twice-crenate. See also …dentate (…-toothed), …serrate (…-sawtoothed). |
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scalloped |
= crenate |
margin |
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Having regularly alternating, rounded convexities and concavities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter. See also sawtoothed (serrate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). |
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crenulate |
= small-scalloped |
margin |
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Finely crenate (scalloped). See also dentate (toothed), denticulate (small-toothed), serrate (sawtoothed), serrulate (small-sawtoothed). |
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spinose 3 |
= aculeate, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. See also spinulose. |
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aculeate |
= spinose, spiny |
margin |
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Having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure. |
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…-scalloped |
= …crenate |
margin |
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Having the number of orders of scallops (crenae) indicated by the prefix, one upon another; as in twice-scalloped. See also …-sawtoothed (…serrate), …-toothed (…dentate). |
