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scaly 1 |
> lepidote, squamate, squamellose, squamose |
pubescence |
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Bearing scales [squamae (lepides) or squamellae]. |
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squamose |
= lepidote, squamate; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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silky |
= sericeous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
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puberulent |
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pubescence |
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Finely pubescent in the restricted sense of that term. |
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tufted 2 |
> floccose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
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hirsute |
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pubescence |
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Bearing coarse, rough, elongate, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also hirtellous. |
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pubescent 1 (broad sense) |
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pubescence |
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Bearing trichomes. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
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hirtellous |
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pubescence |
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Finely hirsute. |
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villose |
= shaggy, villous |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
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pubescent 2 (strict sense) |
= downy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively short, slender, soft, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also puberulent. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
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felted |
> panniform, pannose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. |
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hispid |
= setose; < bristly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. See also hispidulous (setulose, small-bristly). |
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villosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely villose (shaggy, villous). |
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tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
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hispidulous |
= setulose, small-bristly |
pubescence |
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Finely hispid (setose). |
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villous |
= shaggy, villose |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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near-bald |
= glabrate |
pubescence |
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Nearly glabrous, with only a very sparse covering of trichomes. |
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hoary |
= canescent |
pubescence |
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Densely covered with gray, fine, relatively short, capillate trichomes. |
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lanate |
< woolly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long, moderately stout, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. See also lanulose. |
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strigillose |
= strigulose |
pubescence |
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Finely strigose. |
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pilose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing relatively sparse, soft, slender, more or less erect capillate trichomes. See also pilosulous. |
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strigose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing sharp, rigid, appressed, capillate trichomes. See also strigillose (strigulose). |
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comose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing a prominent single tuft of relatively long and slender, flexible, capillate trichomes (coma). |
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pilosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely pilose. |
