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exudation |
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CHARACTER |
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Discharged substance, as to type. |
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elaminate |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Lacking an expanded, more or less planate, distal portion (lamina or blade). |
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hysterophyllous |
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maturation |
non-foliar structure, esp. flower |
Maturing later than the leaves. |
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laminar 1 |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the lamina (blade) of a foliaceous structure. |
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deltate |
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plane shape |
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Equilaterally triangular, broadest at the base, and regularly attenuate to an angular apex. See also obdeltate. |
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oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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infrafoliar |
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insertion |
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Upon the stem directly below a leaf insertion. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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architecture |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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strict |
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course |
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Lacking any curve or bend. |
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hemiepiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Partially epiphytic; rooted in the ground but with stems growing upon and supported mainly by other plants. |
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polyadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Shed in groups of more than four, each group comprising grains from two or more original tetrads, the latter intact or not. |
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radical |
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insertion |
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Upon, arising from, or otherwise directly associated with the root. |
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papilla pl. papillae |
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FEATURE |
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A small, conoidal protrusion resembling a pimple. See also pustule (blister, bulla). |
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barb 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A trichome terminated by one or two small, relatively short, stiff, sharp, acutely reflexed appendages. |
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pseudoterminal |
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insertion |
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Only apparently terminal; originally subapical but displaced toward the apex by differential growth during development. |
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sectile |
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architecture |
pollinium |
Having partially separated sectors, as though cut. |
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homogamous 1 |
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maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium and gynoecium become functionally mature concurrently. |
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prolate |
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plane shape |
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Symmetrically elongate parallel to the developmental or polar axis. |
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rhipidium pl. rhipidia |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A cyme with the branches alternate and disposed in two opposite ranks along the main axis, the whole fan-like. |
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reflectance |
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CHARACTER |
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Aspect as to proportion and pattern of incident light reflected from the surface. |
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symmetric(al) 1 |
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architecture |
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Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
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corolla pl. corollae, corollas |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the petals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the inner or distal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (calyx) is actually present or is deemed to be absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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location |
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CHARACTER |
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Position with respect to aspects of environmental context. |
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septicidal |
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dehiscence |
fruit |
Splitting longitudinally into or through the suture(s) in the outer wall and, if present, through the septum(-a) between locules, the latter thus opened indirectly to the outside. |
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appendage |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any subordinate structure ontogenetically derived from and associated with a given organ or part. |
