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floccose |
< tufted |
pubescence |
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Bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
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tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
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pubescent 1 (broad sense) |
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pubescence |
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Bearing trichomes. This is one of the most ambiguous terms in the botanical lexicon; it should not be used unless its intended meaning is explicit. |
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…ciliate |
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architecture |
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Bearing the number of cilia indicated by the prefix. |
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squamate |
= lepidote, squamose; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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squamose |
= lepidote, squamate; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |
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echinate |
= spinose, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. |
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spiny 1 |
= echinate, spinose |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. |
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shaggy |
= villose, villous |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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villose |
= shaggy, villous |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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villous |
= shaggy, villose |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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strigose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing sharp, rigid, appressed, capillate trichomes. See also strigillose (strigulose). |
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scaly 1 |
> lepidote, squamate, squamellose, squamose |
pubescence |
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Bearing scales [squamae (lepides) or squamellae]. |
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pilose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing relatively sparse, soft, slender, more or less erect capillate trichomes. See also pilosulous. |
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lanate |
< woolly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long, moderately stout, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. See also lanulose. |
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setose |
= hispid; < bristly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. See also setulose (hispidulous, small-bristly). |
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hispid |
= setose; < bristly |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and slender, more or less straight, terete, fine-pointed, stiff trichomes. See also hispidulous (setulose, small-bristly). |
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lanuginose |
< cottony |
pubescence |
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Bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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proliferous |
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reproduction |
plant, structure |
Bearing plantlets, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae). |
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pitcher-leaved |
= ascidiate |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing pitcher-bladed (ascidiate) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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paleate |
= chaffy |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets, receptacular bracts); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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chaffy 2 |
= paleate |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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bracteate |
= bracted |
architecture |
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Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
