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oblique 1 |
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base |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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succulent |
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texture |
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Herbaceous and juicy, often thickened (incrassate). |
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discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
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ovule |
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STRUCTURE |
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A complex reproductive structure borne by a seed-plant sporophyte, consisting of outer, sporophytic tissues that enclose a haploid, gametogenic tissue usually regarded as a highly reduced megagametophyte. Following fertilization, the entire structure matures to become a seed that contains an embryo, the first stage of the next sporophytic generation. Ovules (and seeds) are borne naked on megasporophylls (in Pinophyta) or within an ovary (in Magnoliophyta). |
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barbellulate |
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architecture |
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Bearing one or more barbellules (barbellulae). |
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enlarged |
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size |
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Unusually or unexpectedly large. |
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trigamous |
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reproduction |
inflorescence |
Bearing flowers of three differing sexual constitutions; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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autotrophic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Independent of other organisms for its nourishment, itself synthesizing all essential substances not directly available from the non-living environment. |
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biennial 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of biennial duration. |
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pilosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely pilose. |
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calyx pl. calyces |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the sepals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the outer or proximal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (corolla) is also actually present or is deemed to be secondarily absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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fistulose |
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solid shape |
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Basically tubular with closed ends. |
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perigynous |
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insertion |
perianth, calyx, corolla, androecium |
Having its proximal portion adnate to part of the length of the gynoecium, or fused in a separate floral cup that extends part of the length of the gynoecium, the free distal portion thus arising at a level between the base and apex of the gynoecium. See also epigynous, hypogynous. |
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aerial |
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location |
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Above ground or water level. |
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polygamomonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Basically monoecious but with some or all plants bearing some bisexual flowers. |
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centralium pl. centralia |
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FEATURE |
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A central longitudinal cavity within the seed; esp. in Arecaceae (Palmae). |
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valvate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Whorled and with members not overlapping, adjacent members laterally contiguous at their margins. |
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planoconvex |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad faces, one plane and one convex. |
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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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floret |
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STRUCTURE |
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A very small, structurally specialized flower, especially when occurring in capitulum (head; Asteraceae), or in a spikelet (Poaceae), where it includes the immediately subtending bracts (lemma and palea). |
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pterocaulous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having alate (winged) stems. |
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anisostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having stamens unequal in size and/or shape. |
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weak |
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texture |
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Very pliable and unresilient. |
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prominence |
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CHARACTER |
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Elevation or depression of a discrete feature relative to the surrounding surface. |
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circinate 1 |
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solid shape |
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Terete and rolled downward from the apex in a tight coil. |
