pungent 2 |
= acrid |
odor |
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Sharp or astringent. |
tooth pl. teeth |
= dens |
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One of a series of regularly spaced, angular, marginal convexities oriented more or less perpendicular to the generalized perimeter of a laminar structure. See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), toothlet. |
nerve |
= vein; > costa, midnerve , midrib, midvein, rib |
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A strand belonging to any except the ultimate (least in diameter) order of vasculature in a leaf or other foliaceous structure. See also lateral vein, primary vein, secondary vein, tertiary vein, veinlet. |
operculate |
= lidded |
architecture |
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Having an operculum (lid). |
staminodium pl. staminodia |
= staminode |
STRUCTURE |
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Any sterile structure deemed to represent a modified stamen, homology being inferred on the basis of structural similarity, ontogeny, and/or position; sometimes petaloid, sometimes nectariferous, sometimes connate with others or adnate to other floral structures. |
hepta… |
= seven-… |
prefix |
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Indicating presence of or constitution by seven entities of the type denoted by the term's stem; as in heptacolpate, heptafoliolate, heptapterous. |
standard |
= banner, vexillum |
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The relatively large, erect adaxial (upper) petal in a papilionaceous corolla. |
circinate 1 |
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solid shape |
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Terete and rolled downward from the apex in a tight coil. |
spur 1 |
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A hollow protrusion from a calyx or corolla, often nectariferous. |
maculate |
= blotched, spotted |
coloration |
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Having one or more areas that differ in color from the rest of the surface. See also eyespotted. |
seriate |
= cyclic, 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. |
rigent |
= rigid, stiff |
texture |
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Strongly resisting deformation over its length. |
pectinate |
= comb-shaped |
plane shape |
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Finely divided, the divisions slender, oriented more or less perpendicular to the central axis, and resembling the teeth of a comb. |
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. |
pseudoaxillary |
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insertion |
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Only apparently axillary; originally extraaxillary but displaced to the axil by differential growth during development. |
tessellate 2 |
= checkered |
relief |
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Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
dot-like |
= punctiform |
plane shape |
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Very small and generally circular in outline. |
cuboid |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly cubic; more or less equilaterally six-sided, each side basically square. |
mentum pl. menta |
= column foot |
STRUCTURE |
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A lateral, often nectariferous protrusion from the proximal portion of a column, opposite the labellum, projecting in front of the rest of the flower; in Orchidaceae. |
lateral |
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insertion |
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To, toward, at, or upon a side, not apical or basal. |
crested |
= cristate |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
trunk |
= bole; < main stem, primary stem |
STRUCTURE |
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The relatively stout, columnar, main stem of a distinct aboveground portion of a tree. |
lobate |
? cleft, dissected, divided, lobed, parted, partite, segmented |
solid shape |
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Having one or more component sectors or peripheral protrusions that is/are delimited by concavities in the surface or margin and that is/are not proximally distinct from the remainder of the whole. The meanings of this term and its approximate synonyms sometimes have been supposed to differ according to the depth of the delimiting concavities relative to the midline or midpoint of the overall structure, and/or to the shape or proportions of the protusions or sectors; however, there has been little consistency in the applications of the various terms according to such distinctions, which are ones only of degree and are necessarily arbitrary in any case. In general usage, these terms differ only indistinctly and connotatively: cleft, lobed (or lobate), parted (or partite) and segmented tend to connote fewer protrusions or sectors; lobate usually connotes as well a generally rounded shape; dissected tends to connote more numerous sectors that are elongate and angular. See also cut (incised, lacerate, torn), laciniate (slashed). |
replum pl. repla |
< dissepiment, septum |
STRUCTURE |
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The persistent wall or partition that separates the two locules of a silicle or silique. |
prop root |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively stout adventitious root arising from the lower portion of a main stem and extending outward and downward toward the substrate, within which it ultimately becomes anchored, thus buttressing the aboveground portion of the plant. |