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mammose |
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solid shape |
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Having mammae. |
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ennea… |
= nine-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by nine entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in enneandrous, enneafoliolate, enneastylous. |
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buckler-shaped |
= scutate, scutiform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oblong faces, planate to shallowly concave-convex, sometimes thickened about the periphery such that each face has a marginal rim; like an oblong shield. See also platter-shaped (scutellate, scutelliform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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medial |
= central, median |
position |
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At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. |
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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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abaxial |
= dorsal (not recommended) |
position |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) away from the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
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pinna pl. pinnae |
< leaflet |
STRUCTURE |
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One of the first-order divisions or leaflets of a pinnate frond; in Polypodiophyta. See also pinnule. |
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…fid |
? …cleft, …lobate, …lobed, …parted, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in bifid, quadrifid. |
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knob-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
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cereous 2 |
= ceraceous, waxen, waxy |
texture |
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Having the consistency of wax. |
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reflectance |
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CHARACTER |
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Aspect as to proportion and pattern of incident light reflected from the surface. |
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patelliform |
= kneecap-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thickly meniscoid, like a human kneecap. |
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tree-like |
= dendritic |
architecture |
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Like the branched axial structure of a tree. |
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radiant 2 |
= radial, 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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glittering |
= splendent |
reflectance |
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Interruptedly glossy (laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny, and thus sparkling when viewed from changing angles. |
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arcuate 1 |
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course |
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Curving more or less regularly in one direction. |
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oblong 1 |
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plane shape |
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Compressed-elliptic, the sides approximately parallel from near one end to near the other. See also elliptic(al) (oval). |
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boat-shaped |
= cymbiform, navicular |
solid shape |
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Like the generalized form of a boat hull, the walls relatively thin to moderately thick, the interior essentially empty and open along one side. |
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superaxillary |
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position |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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sinuous |
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course |
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Regularly wavy in one plane, curved alternately and more or less regularly to either side. |
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…faced |
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solid shape |
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Having relatively large, flat or shallowly curved portions of the external surface that are bounded by more or less distinct angular discontinuities in that surface, of the number indicated by the prefix; as in three-faced. |
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carpophore 1 |
< stalk |
STRUCTURE |
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The stalk supporting a sporocarp. |
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horseshoe-shaped |
= hippocrepiform |
solid shape |
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Relatively slender and strongly compressed, the whole strongly curved over its length in a plane perpendicular to the direction of compression and forming an incomplete circle, the ends somewhat straighter than the rest and parallel or nearly so; like a horseshoe. |
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scutiform |
= buckler-shaped, scutate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oblong faces, planate to shallowly concave-convex, sometimes thickened about the periphery such that each face has a marginal rim; like an oblong shield. See also scutellate (platter-shaped, scutelliform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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seven-… |
= hepta… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by seven entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in seven-leafleted, seven-loculed, seven-winged. |
