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repand |
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margin |
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Gently or shallowly sinuate. |
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integument |
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STRUCTURE |
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A distinct layer of tissue that encloses and serves to protect the other tissues of an organ, especially a seed. |
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barbellate |
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architecture |
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Bearing one or more barbels. |
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sapwood |
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STRUCTURE |
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That portion of the wood (xylem) of a stem or root whose cells are still living and functional; concentric about the heartwood once the latter has begun to form. |
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conoidal |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly conic. |
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indeterminate |
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development |
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Having the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions differentiating first and the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion later, development thus proceeding sequentially upward or inward. |
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apiculum 1 pl. apicula |
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STRUCTURE |
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A short, slender, angular tip that is not notably harder or stiffer than the main body of the bearing structure. See also mucro. |
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comose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing a prominent single tuft of relatively long and slender, flexible, capillate trichomes (coma). |
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anisostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having stamens unequal in size and/or shape. |
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isostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens essentially alike in size and shape. |
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smooth 2 |
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relief |
bark |
Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. |
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levering |
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habit |
trichome |
Forming part of a pappus and reflexing at maturity, thus helping to loosen the individual fruit (cypsela) from the capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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siliceous |
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texture |
epidermis, trichome |
Containing deposits of silica, thus hardened and abrasive. |
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brochidodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins incurving strongly near but short of the margin, interconnecting serially, and forming a succession of marginal loops. |
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stipel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stipular analogue subtending a leaflet. |
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staminodial |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the staminodes. |
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cymule |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A diminutive cyme, with few flowers, few or no branches, and short axes. |
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subtending |
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insertion |
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Arising from the axis just below and very near to the base of some other specified lateral structure. This term is meaningless if the structure that is subtended is not indicated. |
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chasmogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Having the perianth open at anthesis, allowing deposit of pollen from other flowers (physiological receptivity aside). |
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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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muriculate |
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relief |
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Finely muricate. |
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syncolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Syncolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
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emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
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odorless |
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odor |
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Lacking a distinct odor. |
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suprabracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion. |
