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induplicate |
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aestivation |
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Basically valvate but with each member involute, the lateral abaxial surfaces of adjacent members contiguous. |
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lacunate |
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relief |
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Having relatively large and deep depressions overall. |
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soft |
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texture |
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Yielding under slight pressure. |
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circumcaulous |
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position |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
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simple 1 |
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architecture |
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Externally unitary and comprising only one basic morphological unit; not compound in either sense of that term. |
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connate |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Intimately fused, with strong histological continuity. |
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leaf scar |
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FEATURE |
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A scar on a twig or stem due to abscission of a megaphyll; having an outline like that of a transverse section through the base of the petiole, sheath, or blade that was inserted there. |
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acrocaulous |
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position |
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At or very near the stem tip. |
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antipetalous |
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position |
equivalent floral structures |
Each inserted directly above or below a petal. In place of this term, the phrase "opposite the petals" is often used, but that contradicts the sense of opposite as otherwise employed (arrangement of lateral structures along an axis) and should be avoided. |
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anchoring |
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habit |
trichome |
Serving as a means of attachment to some external support. |
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sub-basifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached just above its base. |
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disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
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arcuate 2 |
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plane shape |
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Elongate and more or less regularly curved from one end to the other, one side convex, the opposite concave. |
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tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
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banded |
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coloration |
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Broadly striped; having one or more elongate, relatively broad and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
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epirhizal |
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position |
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Upon or arising from the roots. |
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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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firm |
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texture |
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Yielding under only moderately strong pressure; only slightly deformable without internal structural disruption. |
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pericolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented such that some or all of them cross meridians. |
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vernation |
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CHARACTER |
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Disposition of leaves in the bud. |
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vallecular |
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insertion |
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In or otherwise directly associated with the valleculae; esp. in fruits of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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floral |
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position |
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Upon, within, or associated with the flowers. |
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pseudostem |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structure that resembles a stem but is not part of the axial system of a shoot, lacking anatomical differentiation into nodes and internodes. |
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glandular 2 |
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exudation |
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Anatomically distinct and producing and exuding a particular substance. |
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pyxis pl. pyxides |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a capsule but circumscissile, the one or more seeds being released from the locule(s) upon separation of the distal, cap-like portion of the pericarp. See also diplotegium. |
