microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
apotropous |
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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. |
maturation |
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CHARACTER |
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Timing of the attainment of functional maturity, sometimes relative to other structures, sometimes as to constituent structures relative to each other. |
subpetiolar |
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insertion |
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Just below the point of petiole insertion. |
diffuse |
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architecture |
plant, stem |
Having branches remote and divergent to divaricate. |
symmetric(al) 1 |
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plane shape |
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Divisible into essentially equal halves along one or more lines or planes. |
obturbinate |
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solid shape |
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Inversely turbinate (top-shaped). See also pyriform (pear-shaped). |
drupaceous |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a drupe. |
tepal |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any member of an undifferentiated perianth; may be green and foliaceous or colored and petaloid, distinct or else connate with one or more others, and/or free or else adnate with one or more other floral structures. |
elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
pepo |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a berry but derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary, with accessory floral-tube tissue adnate to the pericarp, having a relatively thin, hard or leathery rind and a thicker, fleshy inner wall that surrounds a mass of seeds; esp. in Cucurbitaceae. |
plicate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Valvate with each member strongly infolded longitudinally. |
foliar |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the leaves. |
U-form |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Disposed in a truncated elliptical pattern, like the letter U. |
cladodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, but freely ramifying and becoming indistinct before reaching it. |
chalaza pl. chalazae, chalazas |
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STRUCTURE |
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The basal (proximal) portion of an ovule, adjacent to its junction with the funiculus. |
full |
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extent |
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Reaching from the ovary wall or pericarp to the center of the ovary or fruit and from the apex to the base of its interior, thus separating adjacent locules completely. |
collar 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The free portion (if any) of a floral tube, distal to its casing and/or neck when one or both is/are present. |
rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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See rachilla. |
costal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the costa(e) of a laminar structure. |
rhachis |
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STRUCTURE |
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See rachis. |
heterotrophic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Dependent upon other organisms for some or all of its essential nourishment, assimilating such materials either directly from the other organisms, living or dead, or from their products. |
basicauliramous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having the stem(s) branching at or near the base. See also basiramous. |
secund 2 |
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architecture |
stem |
Having the petioles oriented such that the main bodies of all the leaves lie to one side of the bearing stem. |
involute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled adaxially. |