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sack-shaped |
= bag-shaped, pouch-shaped, saccate |
solid shape |
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Irregularly obovoid with an exterior aspect intermediate between inflated and flaccid; like a closed pouch or bag. |
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lageniform |
= ampulliform, flask-shaped |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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tubiform |
= trumpet-shaped |
solid shape |
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Obteretely tubular with a relatively short distal flare (the limb if a perianth, calyx, or corolla). |
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whip-like |
= flagelliform |
solid shape |
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Very slender, terete, generally straight, and apparently supple. |
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…angled |
= …gonous |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely flat or curved; as in four-angled. See also …angular (…gonal), deltoid, obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
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moniliform |
= beaded |
solid shape |
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Elongate, relatively slender, transversely round, and more or less regularly constricted over its length, the whole straight or variously curved; like a necklace of beads. |
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cuniculate |
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solid shape |
elongate structure |
Hollow over a significant part of its length, the interior open at the end of the hollow portion. |
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prismatic |
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solid shape |
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Uniformly polygonal in transverse section, basally and apically truncate, all faces essentially plane. |
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dissected |
? cleft, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
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suborbicular |
= subglobose, subrotund, subspheric(al), subspheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Broadly ellipsoid with a length:width ratio closely approaching 1:1; almost orbicular, slightly longer than broad. |
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liguliform |
= lorate, strap-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and relatively thin with the opposite faces more or less plane and moderately narrow, their edges more or less straight and parallel over most of their length; resembling a strap. |
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nodulose |
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solid shape |
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Diminutively nodose; esp. roots of Fabaceae (Leguminosae), the nodules harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria. |
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saddle-shaped |
= selliform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin, broad and long, strongly compound-curved, concavely from end to end and convexly from side to side; like the generalized shape of a saddle. |
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tubular |
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solid shape |
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Cylindric or attenuate-cylindric overall and with a hollow interior open at one or both ends. |
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capillary |
= capillate, hair-like |
solid shape |
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Finely filiform; like a hair. |
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cup-shaped |
= calyciform, cupulate |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
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squamiform |
= scale-like |
solid shape |
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Isodiametric to elongate in broad outline, relatively very thin, and planate to moderately concave-convex. |
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auriform |
= ear-shaped |
solid shape |
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Resembling a mammalian outer ear. |
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obterete |
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solid shape |
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Inversely terete. |
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channeled |
= canaliculate |
solid shape |
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Having a longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. a petiole or petiolule. |
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capillate |
= capillary, hair-like |
solid shape |
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Finely filiform; like a hair. |
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cupulate |
= calyciform, cup-shaped |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
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cleft |
? dissected, divided, lobate, lobed, parted, partite, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having two or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that are delimited by concavities in the margin or surface and that are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
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heart-shaped 3 |
= cordiform |
solid shape |
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Having two rounded basal lobes, broadest near the base and fairly regularly attenuate to an essentially angular apex; like the stylized form of a heart. See also obcordiform. |
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strap-shaped |
= liguliform, lorate |
solid shape |
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Elongate and relatively thin with the opposite faces more or less plane and moderately narrow, their edges more or less straight and parallel over most of their length; resembling a strap. |
