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continuous 3 |
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architecture |
rachilla, rachis |
Not disarticulating at maturity. |
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monopodial |
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architecture |
axes |
Branching laterally, each axis of each order of branches produced by a single, persistently dominant, apical meristem. See also sympodial. |
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spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |
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composite |
= compound |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
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carpellate (not recommended) |
= pistillate |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
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amentate |
= catkinate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more aments. |
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paleate |
= chaffy |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets, receptacular bracts); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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indusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Having an indusium. |
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unifacial |
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architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that are essentially similar in appearance. |
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corymbiform |
= corymb-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a corymb, but not strictly such. |
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corymbose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more corymbs. |
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simple 1 |
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architecture |
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Externally unitary and comprising only one basic morphological unit; not compound in either sense of that term. |
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haplomorphic |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the members of each set of basic floral structures numerous and spirally arranged, the flower hemispheric to conoidal overall. |
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diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
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aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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…morphic |
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architecture |
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Existing within the taxon in the number of distinct structural states indicated by the prefix, the states segregated in different sets of plants or not; as in monomorphic, polymorphic, trimorphic. |
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compound |
= composite |
architecture |
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Unitary as a whole but comprising two or more equivalent substructural entities, these topologically distinct (e.g., leaflets in a compound leaf) or not (e.g., carpels in a compound pistil). |
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…carpelled |
= …carpellate |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium, pistil, ovary, fruit |
Deemed to have or to consist of the number of carpels indicated by the prefix; as in six-carpelled, 3-carpelled. |
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pitcher-bladed |
= ascidiate |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a pitcher-shaped (ascidiform) blade; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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…leafleted |
= …foliolate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one order of the number of leaflets indicated by the prefix, arranged either pinnately or palmately; as in five-leafleted. See also conjugate, one-leafleted (single-leafleted, unifoliolate), unijugate. |
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disciform 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Bearing one or more peripheral series of florets that are usually pistillate and that have relatively slender actinomorphic corollas, and one or more central series of florets that are bisexual or functionally staminate and that have relatively broader actinomorphic corollas; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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unifoliolate |
= one-leafleted, single-leafleted |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Structurally compound but with only one leaflet, whose nature (as a leaflet, not a leaf) is revealed by an evident articulation with the petiole, this condition presumably derived by evolutionary reduction from a multifoliolate precursor. |
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regular |
= actinomorphic |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Radially symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along any median longitudinal plane. See also peloric. |
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unijugate |
= bifoliolate, two-leafleted |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with one pair of leaflets. |
