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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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excavate(d) |
= hollow |
architecture |
axis |
Having pith tissue absent or disintegrating prior to axial maturity, resulting in an uninterrupted cavity running the length of the axis. Semantically, this term and its synonym refer to the axis, not to the pith itself, although the latter application has been traditional. |
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twining |
= voluble |
habit |
axis |
Coiling about other plants or objects during growth, thus achieving support. |
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virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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ramose |
= branched, ramiform, ramous |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
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ramous |
= branched, ramiform, ramose |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
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eramous |
= unbranched |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
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unbranched 1 |
= eramous |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Not branching at any point. |
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deliquescent 1 |
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architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Branching laterally and repeatedly such that the initial axis loses its prominence over the length of the structure and seems to dissolve into the succesive orders of branches. See also excurrent. |
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excurrent |
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architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Branching laterally such that the initial axis retains its prominence over the length of the structure, the succesive orders of branches relatively smaller. See also deliquescent. |
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ramiform |
= branched, ramose, ramous |
architecture |
axis, laminar vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
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branched 1 |
= ramiform, ramose, ramous |
architecture |
axis, vein |
Dividing into or bearing branches. |
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ringed |
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relief |
bark |
Fissured, mainly horizontally, with at least some of the fissures individually encircling the stem more or less completely. |
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plated |
|
relief |
bark |
Fissured in a more or less regular, anastomosing pattern with distinct, relatively large, undisturbed sectors intervening, the latter ultimately falling away more or less intact after attaining considerable thickness. |
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smooth 2 |
|
relief |
bark |
Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. |
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fissured |
|
relief |
bark |
Split or cracked vertically, diagonally, and/or horizontally in a regular or irregular pattern, the fissures not encircling the stem individually. |
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exfoliating |
|
relief |
bark |
Shallowly and distantly fissured, falling away in thin, relatively large patches or sheets. |
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dichogamous |
> protandrous, proterandrous, protogynous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium and gynoecium becoming functionally mature at different times. |
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protandrous |
= proterandrous; < dichogamous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium become functionally mature before the gynoecium. |
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proterandrous |
= protandrous; < dichogamous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium become functionally mature before the gynoecium. |
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protogynous |
< dichogamous |
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the gynoecium become functionally mature before the androecium. |
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homogamous 1 |
|
maturation |
bisexual flower |
Having the androecium and gynoecium become functionally mature concurrently. |
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fastigiate |
|
arrangement |
branches |
Closely parallel to one another and to the axis of origin over most of their lengths. |
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infrapetiolar |
|
insertion |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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infrapetiolar |
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position |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
