thyrsate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
fenestrate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
stalked 5 |
= funiculate |
architecture |
ovule |
Having a funiculus (funicle), by which it is attached to the ovary wall. |
imperfect |
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architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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. |
aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
…tepaled |
= …tepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having the number of tepals indicated by the prefix; as in six-tepaled. |
multicipital |
= many-stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
floriferous |
= flower-bearing |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
sepal-like |
= sepaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
bundled 1 (not recommended) |
= fascicled, fasciculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more fascicles. |
congested |
= compact, crowded |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed very near to one another. |
raceme-like |
= racemiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a raceme, but not strictly such. |
glomerate |
= agglomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
irregular 1 |
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architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Imperfectly actinomorphic, the constituents disposed symmetrically but unequal in size and/or shape. See also peloric. |
ringent |
= gaping, personate |
architecture |
corolla |
Bilabiate with the upper lip inwardly arcuate, the lower lip prominent and appressed to the upper at the level of the throat or junction of tube and limb, which is thus normally occluded but which gapes, resembling an open mouth, when the whole is compressed laterally. |
heteropolar |
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architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
…pterous |
= …winged |
architecture |
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Having the number of alae (wings) indicated by the prefix; as in dipterous, polypterous, tetrapterous. |
tree-like |
= dendritic |
architecture |
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Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
reticulate 1 |
= anastomosing, net-like, netted |
architecture |
tertiary and higher-order laminar veins, excl veinlets |
Interconnecting more or less regularly. |
vaginate |
= sheathed |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
neuter |
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architecture |
flower, floret |
Lacking both stamens and pistils. |
bifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that differ distinctly in appearance. |
…headed |
= …cephalous |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in three-headed, few-headed, 6-headed. |