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puncticulate |
= small-dotted |
relief |
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Finely punctate (dotted). |
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punctiform |
= dot-like |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
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punctum pl. puncta |
= dot |
FEATURE |
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A small, generally round sector of distinct coloration or relief. |
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pungent 1 |
= acrid |
apex |
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Terminating abruptly in a rigid, relatively short, sharp point composed of both vascular and laminar tissues. |
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pungent 2 |
= acrid |
odor |
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Sharp or astringent. |
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pustulate |
= blistered, bullate, puckered |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate, papillose. |
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pustule |
= blister, bulla |
FEATURE |
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A relatively coarse, rounded protrusion or convexity. See also papilla. |
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putrid |
= fetid |
odor |
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Stinking like rotting flesh. |
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pyramidal |
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solid shape |
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Transversely triangular or polygonal, broadest at the base and regularly attenuate to an angular apex, all faces essentially plane. |
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pyrene 1 |
= stone |
STRUCTURE |
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The hard inner portion of a drupe, consisting of osseous endocarp and included seed. |
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pyrene 2 |
= stone |
STRUCTURE |
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The hard seed of a drupelet; esp. in Rosaceae. |
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pyriform |
= pear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
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pyxis pl. pyxides |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a capsule but circumscissile, the one or more seeds being released from the locule(s) upon separation of the distal, cap-like portion of the pericarp. See also diplotegium. |
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quadr(i)… |
= four-…, tetra… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by four entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in quadrangular, quadrilocular. |
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quincunx |
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aestivation |
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Imbricate in one whorl of five members, two wholly exterior, two wholly interior, and one partially exterior and partially interior. |
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raceme |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
An elongate, unbranched main axis bearing pedicellate flowers inserted singly along it. |
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raceme-like |
= racemiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a raceme, but not strictly such. |
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racemiform |
= raceme-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a raceme, but not strictly such. |
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racemose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more racemes. |
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rachilla 1 var. rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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A second- or higher-order axis of a compound leaf blade, bearing higher-order rachillae, leaflets, pinnules and/or tendrils. |
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rachilla 2 var. rhachilla |
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STRUCTURE |
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A second-order axis in an inflorescence, especially the axis bearing the florets in a spikelet; esp. in Cyperaceae, Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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rachis 1 var. rhachis |
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STRUCTURE |
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A main or first-order axis of a compound leaf blade. |
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rachis 2 var. rhachis |
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STRUCTURE |
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A main or first-order axis of an inflorescence. |
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radial |
= radiant, radiate, stellate |
arrangement |
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Disposed about and mutually divergent from a common geometric center in two or three dimensions, thus collectively actinomorphic. |
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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). |
