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complete |
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architecture |
flower |
Having all sets of basic floral structures (calyx and corolla, or else undifferentiated perianth; androecium; and gynoecium) present and functionally normal. |
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inframedial |
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insertion |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
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sheath (leaf) |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower (basal or proximal), fundamentally laminar but strongly involute portion of one of the non-petiolate leaves characteristic of most monocotyledons (Liliidae); distinct from the leaf blade, which, when present, is borne distally upon it; analogous, though not necessarily homologous, with a petiole; usually more or less completely enclosing a portion of the stem above the node from which the leaf is borne. |
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involucre 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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One or more closely proximate whorls, or a compact spiral, of bracts (phyllaries) surrounding (proximal to) the compound receptacle (torus) and florets of a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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periclinal |
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orientation |
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Parallel to some given plane of reference; applied especially to the plane of cell division when it is oriented parallel to the generalized plane of the structural surface. |
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size |
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CHARACTER |
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Nature as to absolute or comparative extent in any one dimension or in area or volume. |
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ventrifixed |
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fixation |
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Attached on the adaxial side well above the base. |
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annual 1 |
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duration |
plant, stem |
Normally living one year or less; growing, reproducing, and dying within one cycle of seasons. |
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monopodial |
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architecture |
axes |
Branching laterally, each axis of each order of branches produced by a single, persistently dominant, apical meristem. See also sympodial. |
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costal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the costa(e) of a laminar structure. |
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pilosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely pilose. |
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watery |
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texture |
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Liquid and weakly cohesive, flowing freely; like water. This term often implies also transparency. |
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epulvinate |
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architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
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equal |
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size |
equivalent structures |
Essentially uniform in extent. See also subequal, unequal. |
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nectariferous |
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exudation |
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Producing and secreting nectar; when glands are nectariferous, they are usually indicated nominatively as nectaries. |
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rhytidomal |
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position |
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Within, upon, or otherwise directly associated with the bark. |
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taprooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having a taproot. See also diffuse-rooted, fibrous-rooted. |
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cell 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the basic structural/functional units that collectively or individually make up the various tissues of a plant; comprising, at least while physiologically active, a nucleus with included genetic material (chromosomes), a surrounding cytoplasm with included organelles (e.g., ribosomes, mitochondria, plastids), an enclosing membrane, and an exterior cellulosic wall. |
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plantlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A juvenile, complete plant produced asexually by budding, as from the leaf margin in some Kalanchoë (Crassulaceae); this term is usually applied only while such vegetatively produced offspring remain attached to the plant of origin. |
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xerocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during drier than normal periods. |
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extrorse |
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dehiscence |
anther |
Opening outwardly, on the abaxial side. See also introrse, latrorse. |
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nutrition |
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CHARACTER |
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Mode of acquiring nutrients. |
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thermocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during periods of lower-than-normal temperature. |
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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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pome |
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nominative |
fruit |
Indehiscent with accessory floral tube tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary; the exterior thick and fleshy, the interior consisting of several locules bounded by cartilaginous tissue; in Rosaceae. |
