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felted |
> panniform, pannose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing closely intertwined, capillate trichomes that form a dense, felt-like mat. |
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gelatinous |
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texture |
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Jelly-like; soft, moist, continuously cohesive, texturally homogeneous, somewhat resilient, and easily cut. |
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square |
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plane shape |
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Equilaterally rectangular. |
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geminate |
= conjugate, paired |
arrangement |
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Inserted by pairs, the members of each fused or not. |
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hispidulous |
= setulose, small-bristly |
pubescence |
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Finely hispid (setose). |
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kidney-shaped 2 |
= reniform |
solid shape |
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Thickly elongate and arcuate, circular or compressed-circular in transverse section, each end bluntly rounded; like the generalized shape of a human kidney. |
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villous |
= shaggy, villose |
pubescence |
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Bearing sparse, long, slender, soft, capillate trichomes that are not intertwined. See also villosulous. |
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awn |
= arista, bristle, seta |
STRUCTURE |
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A slender, more or less straight and stiff, fine-pointed, terminal or subterminal appendage or prolongation, sometimes a continuation of the bearing structure's central primary vein, as on a glume, lemma, or palea in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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membranaceous |
= membranous |
texture |
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Extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like animal membrane. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). |
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caespitose |
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habit |
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See cespitose. |
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obtrulloid |
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solid shape |
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Inversely trulloid. |
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climbing root |
< aerial root |
STRUCTURE |
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An aerial, usually adventitious root that, by some means, serves to anchor a climbing shoot portion to the structure(s) that support(s) it above ground level. |
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pergamentaceous |
= parchment-like |
texture |
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Very thin, pliable, and fairly tough; like parchment. See also chartaceous (papery, papyraceous), membranaceous (membranous). |
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cristate |
= crested |
apex |
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Having a laterally elongate, relatively thin, irregular or notched protrusion. |
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prominent |
< raised |
prominence |
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Protruding above the general level of the surrounding surface. See also prominulous. |
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fruity |
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odor |
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Sweetly to pungently fragrant and reminiscent of fruit. |
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spiral 3 |
= helical |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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helical 3 |
= spiral |
course |
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Curving with constant or regularly increasing radius from one end to the other through three dimensions. |
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tongue-shaped |
= lingulate |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
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lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
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vascular bundle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discrete strand of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated cells (e.g., cambium) within a stem or other axial structure. |
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aromatic |
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odor |
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Having a distinct odor; usually restricted to pleasant odors. |
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male cone |
= microstrobilus |
STRUCTURE |
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A cone (strobilus) whose fertile organs are all microsporophylls. |
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chewed |
= ruminate |
relief |
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Irregularly convoluted, as if chewed. |
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…parted |
? …cleft, …fid, …lobate, …lobed, …partite, …segmented |
solid shape |
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Having the number of lobes, divisions or segments indicated by the prefix; as in five-parted. |
