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endocarp |
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STRUCTURE |
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The innermost tissue layer of a pericarp. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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unbranched 2 |
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architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Not branching within the areole. |
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dehiscence |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of opening (splitting or forming apertures). |
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episepalous |
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insertion |
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Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
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andropetalous 2 |
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derivation |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having some or all petals derived from stamens. |
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gum |
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SUBSTANCE |
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A highly viscous and sticky exudate that becomes more or less elastic and/or deformably solid upon drying. Overlaps conceptually with latex. |
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resinous 1 |
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coating |
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Of liquid or hardened resin. |
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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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infructescence 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A mature (fruiting) inflorescence (static sense). |
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axis pl. axes |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unitary and longitudinally continuous structure that bears laterally the subordinate portion(s), if any, of a plant root or shoot or any subdivision thereof and that represents the main line of structural development and/or symmetry distal to its origin, irrespective of the particular ontogenetic growth pattern involved. See also primary axis. |
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funicular |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of the funiculus (funicle). |
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ring-porous |
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porosity |
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Heterogeneously porous, with macroscopically distinct concentric seasonal growth increments (rings), each with numerous large vessels toward the inside and fewer and smaller ones toward the outside. |
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acroramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the apex. |
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radiant 1 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are bisexual, pistillate, or neuter and that have relatively large actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of usually bisexual florets that have relatively small actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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palmatifid |
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plane shape |
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Palmately lobate; having three or more lobes whose longitudinal axes radiate from a common point. |
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pneumatophore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structurally and functionally specialized root serving as an aboveground aerating organ; found in some woody taxa of wet habitats, notably some mangroves. |
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suprafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
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discoid 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all have actinomorphic corollas and that are all bisexual, or all functionally staminate, or all functionally pistillate; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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reclining |
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habit |
axis |
Inserted above substrate level and recurved, the distal portion procumbent. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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second glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The upper (distal) member of a pair of small bracts inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet. |
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circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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sheathing 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Differentiated into distinct proximal and distal portions, the former terete or involute and closely enclosing the bearing axis above the point of insertion. |
