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ala 1 pl. alae |
= wing |
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Any elongate, relatively thin protrusion or appendage. |
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massula pl. massulae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A body of coherent pollen grains, dispersed as a unit; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
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bulbel |
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A comparatively small bulb branching laterally from a larger, currently primary one. |
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oblanceoloid |
= oblanciform |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanceoloid (lancehead-shaped, lanciform). |
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circumscissile |
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dehiscence |
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Splitting transversely through the exterior wall about its entire circumference, the resulting upper cap-like portion falling away. |
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peduncle |
<stalk, stipe (broad sense, not recommended) |
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The common stalk, when present, of a compound inflorescence or first-order subunit thereof, or of a solitary flower that is deemed to represent an evolutionarily reduced compound inflorescence. |
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powdery |
= granuliferous, pulverulent |
coating |
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Covered with a more or less even deposit of fine, dry particles. See also dusty (lentiginose, lentiginous), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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disc 2 var. disk |
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Collectively, the disc florets of a capitulum (head), or the surface presented by them. |
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eroded |
= erose |
relief |
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Having rough, very irregular depressions throughout. |
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scutelliform |
= platter-shaped, scutellate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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forked |
= furcate; > bifurcate |
apex |
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Having two or more terminal, antrorse branches or divisions arising from a common point or level, like the prongs of a fork. |
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spicy |
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odor |
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Pleasantly pungent, reminiscent of spices. |
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sub-basifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached just above its base. |
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theca pl. thecae |
= pollen sac |
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Any of the one, two or four ontogenetically distinct, pollen-producing sectors (microsporangia) of an anther. In some taxa the walls between pairs of adjacent thecae break down as an anther approaches maturity, the mature anther thus ultimately containing half as many locules as thecae. |
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acrid 2 |
= pungent |
odor |
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Sharp or astringent. |
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archegonium pl. archegonia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A female gametangium; a multicellular fertile organ of a mature gametophyte within which female gametes (eggs, ova) are produced and fertilized; having a broad, bulbous base and a narrower distal neck. Technically present but highly reduced and of no descriptive significance in Magnoliophyta. |
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loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
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netted 3 |
= reticulate |
relief |
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Having prominulous, more or less regularly interconnected lines. |
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ceraceous 2 |
cereous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
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papillar(y) |
= papilliform |
solid shape |
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Small, conoidal, and protruding from a larger structure; resembling a pimple; esp. trichomes. |
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cordate 2 |
= heart-shaped |
plane shape |
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Fairly regularly attenuate from a broad, bilobate base to a narrow apex, the lobes large, rounded, retrorse, and intersecting; like the stylized outline of the broad lateral face of a heart. See also obcordate. |
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di… |
= bi…, two-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by two entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in diadelphous, dicyclic, dimerous. See also individual entries for terms with this prefix whose meanings, at least in some applications, are more specific than usually indicated by such combination; and also double-… (bi…, twice-…). |
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ramal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
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scabridous |
= rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
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small-dotted |
= puncticulate |
coloration |
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Finely dotted (punctate). |
