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bulbous |
= bulbose |
architecture |
plant |
Growing from and/or bearing bulbs. |
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cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
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tufted 1 |
= cespitose |
habit |
plants |
Growing in distinct, compact, relatively dense, turf-like aggregations. |
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cespitose var. caespitose |
= tufted |
habit |
plants |
Growing in distinct, compact, relatively dense, turf-like aggregations. See also clustered (gregarious). |
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matted |
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habit |
plants |
Growing in extensive, low, dense aggregations, sometimes with the stems of different plants intertwined. |
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gregarious |
= clustered |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggregations. See also cespitose. |
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clustered 2 |
= gregarious |
habit |
plants |
Growing in loose aggretations. See also cespitose. |
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aquatic |
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habit |
plant |
Growing in water. |
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solitary 2 |
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habit |
plants |
Growing singly; not aggregated. |
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terrestrial |
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habit |
plant |
Growing upon the ground, usually rooted in it. |
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endophytic |
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habit |
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Growing within some portion of another, unrelated, living plant. |
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hemispheric(al) |
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solid shape |
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Half-spheric(al); broadest at the base and uniformly rounded to the apex, circular in any transverse section, and half-circular in any median longitudinal section. |
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dimidiate |
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plane shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
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dimidiate |
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solid shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
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corneous |
= horny |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
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horny |
= corneous |
texture |
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Hard, dense, fine-grained or compactly fibrous, and tough; resembling the substance of animal horn. |
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callose |
= callous |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callose tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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callous |
= callose |
texture |
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Hard-leathery; callous tissue usually is also thicker than comparable adjacent tissue. |
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obscure |
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manifestation |
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Hardly evident. |
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…foliate |
= …leaved |
architecture |
plant, stem |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in hexafoliate, trifoliate. |
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…leaved |
= …foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in two-leaved. |
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reticulate 2 |
= netted |
coloration |
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Having a pattern of interconnected fine lines of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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concentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry coincident with that of the context of reference. |
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eccentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry not coincident with that of the context of reference. |
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cyathiform |
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solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla, pappus |
Having a cupulate tube and an indistinct, erect limb. See also cotyliform, urceolate (urn-shaped). |
