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nodding |
= cernuous, nutant |
orientation |
stalked structure |
Having the stalk proximally erect and distally recurved, the main body thus oriented outward to downward. See also hanging (pendent, pendulous). |
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one-sided 2 |
= unilateral |
orientation |
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Disposed or directed toward one side only. |
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drooping |
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orientation |
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Erect to salient (patent, porrect, spreading) proximally and curving downward distally. |
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incumbent 2 |
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orientation |
anther |
Oppositely parallel to the filament on the adaxial side of the latter. |
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incurved |
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orientation |
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Curving adaxially. See also decurved. |
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decurved |
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orientation |
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Curving abaxially. See also incurved. |
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retrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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deflexed |
= reflexed |
orientation |
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Abruptly bent outward (abaxially), downward, or backward at some point along its length. |
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salient |
= patent, porrect, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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leftward |
= sinistrorse |
orientation |
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Directed to the left, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also rightward (dextrorse). |
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squarrose |
|
orientation |
lateral structure |
Having the proximal portion appressed and the distal portion deflexed, the latter more or less perpendicular to the surface of the bearing structure. |
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nutant |
= cernuous, nodding |
orientation |
stalked structure |
Having the stalk proximally erect and distally recurved, the main body thus oriented outward to downward. See also pendent (hanging, pendulous). |
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amphitropous |
= hemianatropous |
orientation |
ovule |
Having the funiculus adnate to the proximal portion of the (straight) ovule, the latter lying and the micropyle facing parallel to the ovary wall (placenta). |
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hemianatropous |
= amphitropous |
orientation |
ovule |
Having the funiculus adnate to the proximal portion of the (straight) ovule, the latter lying and the micropyle facing parallel to the ovary wall (placenta). |
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recurved |
= arching |
orientation |
|
Curving outward (abaxially), downward, or backward. |
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sinistrorse |
= leftward |
orientation |
|
Directed to the left, relative to the direction of growth along an explicit or implicit axis of reference. See also dextrorse (rightward). |
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orthotropous |
= atropous |
orientation |
ovule |
Having the (straight) ovule sessile or funiculate and divaricate, the micropyle facing away from the ovary wall (placenta). |
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periclinal |
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orientation |
|
Parallel to some given plane of reference; applied especially to the plane of cell division when it is oriented parallel to the generalized plane of the structural surface. |
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inflexed |
|
orientation |
|
Bent adaxially at some point along its length. |
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basiscopic |
|
orientation |
subordinate structure |
Directed, facing, or pointing ("looking") toward the base of the bearing structure. |
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ascending |
= assurgent, upcurved |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Spreading at the base and then curving upward or forward, the distal portion more or less parallel to the bearing structure. |
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apotropous |
|
orientation |
ovule |
Anatropous but the whole recurved such that the raphe (adnate portion of the funiculus) faces the ovary wall (placenta) and the ovule is parallel to it, the micropyle facing the free basal portion of the funiculus. |
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patent |
= porrect, salient, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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reflexed |
= deflexed |
orientation |
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Abruptly bent outward (abaxially), downward, or backward at some point along its length. |
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free-central |
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placentation |
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Upon the free axial column of a compound, unilocular ovary. |
