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intricate |
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arrangement |
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Entangled; irregularly intertwined and not readily disentangled. |
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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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dyadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Cohering and shed in pairs, each tetrad having separated into halves. |
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obvolute 1 |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Having each cotyledon folded inward longitudinally, the two facing one another with their edges overlapping alternately (each enveloping one side or the other). |
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semicircular |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming an incomplete circle, like the letter C. |
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radiate 2 |
= radial, radiant, 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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cyclic |
= seriate, verticillate, whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed along the axis in groups of three or more, the members of each group (cycle, series, verticil, whorl) inserted around the axis at the same level. |
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rosulate |
= rosetted |
arrangement |
leaves |
Forming a rosette; strongly congested and disposed radially about the main stem at or very near its base, seeming to arise at the same level and often overlapping laterally; esp. in perennial herbs. |
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clustered 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed in one or more aggregates, the members of each inserted close together, thence widely divergent from one another. |
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semielliptic |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Forming an incomplete ellipsis, like the letter U. |
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…cyclic |
= …seriate, …verticillate, …whorled |
arrangement |
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Disposed in the number of cycles (series, verticils, whorls) indicated by the prefix; as in monocyclic, 3-cyclic. |
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diplecolobal |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Incumbent but with the cotyledons folded together twice or more, the folds transverse. |
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tetradal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Shed in groups of four, each an intact tetrad with original configuration unchanged; geometric arrangement of the grains may be tetrahedral, tetragonal, or linear, depending upon mode of pollen mother cell division. |
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approximate |
= close |
arrangement |
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Disposed relatively near to one another. |
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compound |
= composite |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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cyme-like |
= cymiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a cyme, but not strictly such. |
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fibrous-rooted |
< diffuse-rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Diffuse-rooted with fibrous roots. See also taprooted. |
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sheathed |
= vaginate |
architecture |
structure |
Closely enclosed over some or all of its length by a terete or involute structure. |
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…stamened |
= …androus |
architecture |
flower, floret, androecium |
Having the number of stamens indicated by the prefix; as in twelve-stamened. |
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odd-pinnate |
= imparipinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
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cruciferous |
= anisocytic |
architecture |
stomate |
Having three subsidiary cells, one distinctly smaller than the others. |
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involucrate 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Having an involucre. |
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pedate |
= pedatifid |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Palmately divided with the two proximal lateral lobes each 2-parted. |
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diplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the sepals, the distal whorl with members directly above the petals. See also obdiplostemonous. |
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foliose 1 |
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architecture |
stem |
Bearing many leaves. |
