presence |
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CHARACTER |
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Occurrence within the context in point. |
discal |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the floral disc. |
surface |
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FEATURE |
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The exterior or bounding area or layer of any structure, regarded as being infinitely thin; usually described as to relief, reflectance, and/or vesture. |
branched 2 |
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architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Dividing within the areole, each branch ending blindly. |
epibracteal |
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position |
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Upon the bracts, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. |
indusium pl. indusia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
spur 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A hollow protrusion from a calyx or corolla, often nectariferous. |
microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
cloying |
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odor |
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Sickeningly sweet. |
perennial 2 |
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nominative |
plant |
Of perennial duration. |
caducous |
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duration |
structure |
Deciduous upon or immediately after emergence, with little or no evident senescence beforehand. |
flaccid |
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texture |
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Limp, sometimes appearing withered or shrunken. See also tumid (swollen, turgid). |
intravaginal |
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insertion |
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Within the leaf sheath. |
liguliflorous |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing florets that all are bisexual and have zygomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
adherent |
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fusion |
dissimilar structure(s) |
Superficially joined with or to one or more other dissimilar structures, the connection(s) with no significant histological continuity. See also coherent. |
rhizomatous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having rhizomes. |
knee 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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An abrupt bend in an axial or other elongate structure. |
canalicular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the channel of a petiole or petiolule. |
oblique 1 |
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apex |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
trulloid |
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solid shape |
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Elongate, basically square in transverse section, broadest below the middle, regularly attenuate to angular ends, all faces essentially plane. See also obtrulloid. |
spike |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
An elongate, determinate or usually indeterminate axis bearing sessile flowers inserted singly along it, unbranched or sometimes bearing lateral branches of the same nature. |
matted |
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habit |
plants |
Growing in extensive, low, dense aggregations, sometimes with the stems of different plants intertwined. |
corolla tube 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret proximal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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. |
basal cell |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any of the ring of cells forming the lowermost (proximal) portion of an antheridial wall. |