terminal |
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insertion |
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Apical and with the same developmental axis as the whole, of which it is the distalmost portion or appendage. |
epigynous |
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insertion |
perianth, calyx, corolla, androecium |
Having its proximal portion adnate to the full length of the gynoecium, the free portion thus arising from the apex of the gynoecium. See also hypogynous, perigynous. |
petiolar |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the petioles. |
ostiole |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distal aperture of a syconium (fig); in Ficus (Moraceae). |
tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
branched 2 |
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architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Dividing within the areole, each branch ending blindly. |
filament |
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STRUCTURE |
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The stalk, when present, of a stamen, clearly differentiated from and bearing at its summit an anther. |
perfect |
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architecture |
flower |
Having functional pistil(s) and functional stamen(s) both present, thus bisexual (hermaphroditic). |
annulus 1 pl. annuli |
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STRUCTURE |
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A small ring-like protrusion from the strobilar stalk near its base and below the lowermost sporangiophores, sometimes bearing small sporangia; esp. in Equisetum. |
foliose 2 |
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architecture |
thallus |
Having leaf-like lobes; in Hepaticae. |
chaff 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the paleae (pales, palets) sometimes borne on the receptacle of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
viviparous |
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reproduction |
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Producing sexually or asexually generated offspring that begin growth and development while borne upon the parent plant. |
gibbous |
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solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the base. |
adenopetalous 2 |
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derivation |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having petals derived from glandular structures. |
prickle |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any unvascularized spine-like enation originating in the epidermis, cortex, or mesophyll of any shoot part. See also spine, thorn. |
casing |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion (if any) of a floral tube that is adnate to the gynoecium. See also collar, neck. |
archegonium pl. archegonia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A female gametangium; a multicellular fertile organ of a mature gametophyte within which female gametes (eggs, ova) are produced and fertilized; having a broad, bulbous base and a narrower distal neck. Technically present but highly reduced and of no descriptive significance in Magnoliophyta. |
basiramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the base. See also basicauliramous. |
seedling |
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PLANT |
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A plant in the first stages of its growth following emergence from the seed. |
isodiametric |
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architecture |
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Of approximately constant breadth in all median planes. |
cotyloid |
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architecture |
flower |
Having general adnation among the different sets of floral structures, thus having the ovary inferior and/or having a floral tube. |
stilt-rooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing and partly supported by stilt roots. |
cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
staminal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stamens. |
cyme |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
Determinate and constituting a compound dichasium or monochasium, the flowers maturing from the center outward (i.e., the distal or inner flowers maturing first); often more or less flat-topped. See also cymule, dichasium, helicoid cyme, monochasium, rhipidium, scorpioid cyme. |