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ventral (not recommended) |
= adaxial |
insertion |
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On or pertaining to the side or portion of a lateral structure that faces (or would face) toward the bearing axis when (or if) the axis of the lateral structure is (or were) oriented in the same general direction as the bearing axis. |
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marginal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the margins. |
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bud scale |
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STRUCTURE |
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A scale that, alone or aggregated with others, envelops and protects a bud. |
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obdeltoid |
< three-angled, trigonous, triquetrous |
solid shape |
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Three-angled (trigonous, triquetrous), broadest distally, and regularly attenuate to an angular base; inversely deltoid. |
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cottony |
> lanuginose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively long and fine, intertwined, somewhat matted, capillate trichomes. See also lanuginose. |
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reniform 1 |
= kidney-shaped |
plane shape |
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Broadly elongate and arcuate, each end bluntly rounded; like the generalized outline of the broad face of a human kidney. |
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sculpture |
= relief |
CHARACTER |
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General topographic aspect of a surface. Overlaps conceptually with solid shape. |
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scutate |
= buckler-shaped, scutiform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oblong faces, planate to shallowly concave-convex, sometimes thickened about the periphery such that each face has a marginal rim; like an oblong shield. See also scutellate (platter-shaped, scutelliform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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follicetum pl. folliceta |
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STRUCTURE |
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An aggregate of follicles produced from a single flower with multiple simple pistils. |
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spiculate |
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relief |
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Having small, fine, stiff, acute protrusions that resemble little spikes. See also scabridulous (scabrellate, scabrellous, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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hard |
= indurate(d) |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), hard-coated (corticate), hard-stemmed (sclerocaulous). |
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stylopodium pl. stylopodia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discoid enlargement at the base of the styles; esp. in Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). |
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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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thallus 1 pl. thalli |
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STRUCTURE |
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The vegetative portion of a shoot when not differentiated into stem and leaves; esp. in Lemnaceae. |
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longitudinal 2 |
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orientation |
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Parallel to the long axis of the context of reference. |
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bossed |
= umbonate |
solid shape |
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Having an umbo. |
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convolute 3 |
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vernation |
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Each rolled laterally and wholly surrounded by and/or surrounding the one(s) next adjacent. |
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pliant |
= flexible, pliable, supple |
texture |
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Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption. |
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development |
= ontogeny |
CHARACTER |
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Mode or pattern of growth and differentiation. |
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raised |
> prominent, prominulous |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. |
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enzymatic |
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exudation |
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Secreting a digestive exoenzyme; in carnivorous plants. |
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scabrate |
= rough, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous |
relief |
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Having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions. |
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flesh |
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STRUCTURE |
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Tissue that is fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut. |
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small-beaked |
= rostellate |
apex |
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Diminutively beaked (rostrate). |
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groove |
= colpus, fossula, furrow, sulcus, vallecula |
FEATURE |
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A longitudinal depression that is relatively shallow and narrow. |
