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downy |
= pubescent |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively short, slender, soft, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also puberulent. |
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canescent |
= hoary |
pubescence |
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Densely covered with gray, fine, relatively short, capillate trichomes. |
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paleaceous |
= chaffy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, chartaceous (papery) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
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psilate |
= bald, glabrous |
pubescence |
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Lacking trichomes. |
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sericeous |
= silky |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
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squamellose |
< scaly |
pubescence |
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Finely squamose (lepidote). |
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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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tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
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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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tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
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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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prominent |
< raised |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. See also prominulous. |
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prominulous |
< raised |
prominence |
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Diminutively prominent, protruding only slightly above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
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flush |
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prominence |
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Even with the surrounding surface, neither higher nor lower than its general level. |
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raised |
> prominent, prominulous |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
