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pepo |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a berry but derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary, with accessory floral-tube tissue adnate to the pericarp, having a relatively thin, hard or leathery rind and a thicker, fleshy inner wall that surrounds a mass of seeds; esp. in Cucurbitaceae. |
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vasculature |
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STRUCTURE |
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The vascular strands of all orders (veins and veinlets) in a particular part or organ, regarded collectively; consisting of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated supporting and enclosing tissues (e.g., sclerenchyma, collenchyma). |
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gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
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mixed-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
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supervolute |
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vernation |
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Each with one side rolled adaxially inward from the margin and enveloped by the abaxially rolled opposite side. |
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corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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petiolar |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the petioles. |
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spadicate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Generally spicate but with the flowers embedded in a thick, fleshy axis, the whole subtended and usually partially or wholly enveloped by a large bract (spathe). |
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epinastic |
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development |
laminar structure |
Having the adaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the abaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than that of the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole revolute or recurved. |
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antrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed forward or upward, toward the distal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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revolute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled inward abaxially. |
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syncolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Syncolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
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laminar 1 |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the lamina (blade) of a foliaceous structure. |
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excurrent |
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architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Branching laterally such that the initial axis retains its prominence over the length of the structure, the succesive orders of branches relatively smaller. See also deliquescent. |
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areolate |
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relief |
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Having numerous, small, irregularly disposed, transversely angular, shallow depressions or low protrusions overall. |
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haft |
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STRUCTURE |
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The narrow portion of a structure that is notably constricted. |
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obovate |
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plane shape |
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Inversely ovate (egg-shaped). |
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decussate |
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arrangement |
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Opposite with successive pairs radially oriented at right angles to one another, thus polystichous with four equidistant ranks. |
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linear 2 |
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plane shape |
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Elongate and narrow with the sides more or less straight and parallel over most of its length. |
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stephanocolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Stephanocolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
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fissure |
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FEATURE |
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A relatively narrow, split or crack in the outer tissue(s) of a structure. |
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trilete |
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architecture |
spore |
Having a triradiate tetrad scar. |
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dichotomous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing two coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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diclesium pl. diclesia |
< accessory fruit, anthocarp |
nominative |
fruit |
An achene enveloped by a persistent, free perianth base. |
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climbing root |
< aerial root |
STRUCTURE |
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An aerial, usually adventitious root that, by some means, serves to anchor a climbing shoot portion to the structure(s) that support(s) it above ground level. |
