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fibrous-rooted |
< diffuse-rooted |
architecture |
plant |
Diffuse-rooted with fibrous roots. See also taprooted. |
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herbaceous 1 |
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habit |
plant |
Having no significant degree of secondary growth in any part of the shoot, which thus does not develop woody (lignified) tissue. |
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eradicate |
= rootless |
architecture |
plant |
Lacking a root. |
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microphyllous |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing microphylls. |
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arboreous |
< tree-form |
habit |
plant |
Having the character of a tree. See also arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
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liana |
< vine |
nominative |
plant |
Perennial with elongate ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that climb upon trees and shrubs. |
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arborescent |
< tree-form |
habit |
plant |
Developing the character of a tree. See also arboreous, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
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heteroblastic |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
plant |
Having juvenile and mature leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape. |
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hard-stemmed |
= sclerocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having hard, relatively dry, but essentially herbaceous main stems that contain a significant proportion of sclerotic tissue or fibers. |
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lianous |
< viny |
habit |
plant |
Having elongate, ligneous stems that are flexible at least initially and that climb upon trees and shrubs. |
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bottom-rooted |
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habit |
plant |
Aquatic and rooted in the substrate beneath the water. |
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ephemeral |
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duration |
plant |
Annual with a very short life span; germinating, growing, reproducing, and dying within a brief period of favorable conditions, the entire cycle being completed within a few weeks. |
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fleshy-stemmed |
= sarcocaulous |
texture |
plant |
Having main stems that are fleshy (carnose, sarcous). |
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suffrutescent |
< subshrubby |
habit |
plant |
Becoming subshrubby. See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, suffruticose, woody-clumping. |
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stoloniferous |
= runnering, sarmentose |
architecture |
plant |
Producing stolons (runners), by means of which it propagates vegetatively. |
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taprooted |
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architecture |
plant |
Having a taproot. See also diffuse-rooted, fibrous-rooted. |
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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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leaf-bearing |
= foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Bearing leaves. |
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aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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scandent |
= climbing |
habit |
plant, axis |
Ascending by means of special structures (e.g., tendrils) or growth patterns (e.g., twining) that enable purchase on and support by other plants or objects. |
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…leaved |
= …foliate |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having (only) the number of leaves indicated by the prefix; as in two-leaved. |
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anisophyllous |
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architecture |
plant, axis |
Heterophyllous and bearing leaves of two or more distinct sizes or shapes on the same plants. |
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climbing |
= scandent |
habit |
plant, axis |
Ascending by means of special structures (e.g., tendrils) or growth patterns (e.g., twining) that enable purchase on and support by other plants or objects. |
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contorted 2 |
= twisted |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Having a helical pattern of relief and/or coloration along its length. |
