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| dry, one-seeded indehiscent fruit with seed attached to ovary wall at one point (e.g., sunflower) |
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| individual parts of whorl are alike; type of radial symmetry |
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| arrangement with only one leaf inserted at a node |
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| the male reproductive parts of a flower |
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| pollen producing part of the flower |
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| when flower parts are open and receptive to pollination |
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| the tip, for example, for a leaf, the farthest region from the petiole |
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| plant that normally grows in water |
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| upper petal of Faboideae in the family Fabaceae |
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| arrangement of leaves arising from the base of the plant |
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| the bottom end, for example, for a leaf blade, the region nearest the petiole |
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| fleshy fruit from a single pistil with often many seeds (e.g., tomato) |
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| twice pinnate, i.e., a decompound leaf with primary divisions divided again |
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| the main expanded flat portion of a leaf (in contrast to petiole and stipules) |
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| a modified leaf near a flower (think of a poinsettia or a bougainvillea) |
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| the rudimentary unexpanded state of a stem, leaf, or flower |
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| outer series of the floral envelope |
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| surface white or gray short hairs |
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| part of pistil from one sporophyll; usually the highest number of the stigma lobes, styles, and locules |
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| dry, one-seeded indehiscent fruit with seed coat fused to pericarp (e.g., wheat) |
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| united filaments in Malvaceae or coalesced style and filaments in Orchidaceae |
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| flower has sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils |
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| leaf completely divided into two or more distinct segments (leaflets) |
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| inner series of the floral envelope |
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| leaf in some palmate leaved palms in which there is a definite midrib or petiole extension causing a curving |
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| toothed along the margin with but not sharply toothed |
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| inflorescence in Euphorbia with unisexual flowers in a cup |
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| branched inflorescence in which terminal flower blooms first which makes it determinate |
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| plant with leaves that fall at the end of the growing season |
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| opening by definite pores or slits to discharge the contents |
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| regular tubular flowers of Asteraceae |
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| deeply divided into many narrow segments |
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| arrangement of leaves in two vertical rows |
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| fleshy, indehiscent fruit with a stony endocarp and usually one seed (e.g., peach) |
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| a narrow oval, widest at the middle and the ends equally narrow |
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| continuous leaf margin, not toothed or lobed |
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| bearing green leaves throughout the year |
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| stalk that supports the anther |
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| small flower in a cluster; in Poaceae a specialized structure containing flower; in Asteraceae, in a head |
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| the reproductive organ of a plant, specifically of monocots and dicots |
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| surface covered with a whitish or bluish waxy coating |
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| plant that normally grows close to the ground or that is managed to cover an area |
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| the female reproductive parts of a flower |
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| dense cluster of sessile or subsessile flowers |
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| plant with no woody stem and not a palm |
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| unisexual, a flower with only male (staminate) or female (pistillate) parts |
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| the perianth arises above the ovary (epigynous flower) |
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| a group of flowers attached together on a plant |
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| fused lower petals of Faboideae in the family Fabaceae |
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| generally green, flattened photosynthetic organ of a plan which generally does not produce buds or stems |
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| a division of a compound leaf |
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| fruit dry, dehiscent, with usually several to many seeds in a single cell and one line of dehiscence |
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| narrow, flat shape with parallel sides, at least 4 times longer than wide |
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| cell or compartment of ovary filled with ovules |
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| the edge or outline or profile of a leaf blade |
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| the central rib of a leaf |
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| leaf veins interconnected to form a net (reticulate) |
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| two to four times longer than broad with nearly parallel sides |
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| arrangement with two leaves inserted opposite each other on the stem |
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| contains the ovules and forms a fruit |
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| structure that develops into the seed |
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| plant in the palm family, Arecaceae, not a true tree |
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| lobed, veined, or divided (palmately compound) from a common point, like the fingers of a hand |
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| branched inflorescence with flowers maturing from the bottom which makes it indeterminate |
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| modified calyx of Asteraceae, awns, scales, or bristles for dispersal by wind or in the fur of animals |
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| leaf veins small, generally parallel, all about the same size except the central vein |
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| the stalk to an individual flower in an inflorescence |
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| the stalk to an inflorescence or a solitary flower |
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| bisexual, a flower with male and female parts |
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| the non-reproductive portion of a flower that contains calyx and corolla |
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| one of the individual parts of the corolla |
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| bract in the involucre of Asteraceae |
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| a primary division of a pinnate or bipinnate leaf |
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| compound leaf with leaflets on a rachis (may be odd pinnate or even pinnate) |
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| seed producing organ; ovary plus style (if present) plus stigma |
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| surface covered with hairs, especially short, soft hairs |
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| inflorescence with a single unbranched axis with flowers on pedicels, maturing from the bottom |
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| central axis of a compound leaf or of an inflorescence |
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| flattened disc in Asteraceae on which flowers are born |
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| a horizontal stem that grows underground |
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| descending axis of a plant primarily used to absorb water and nutrients from ground and provide support |
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| dense radiating cluster of leaves usually at or near ground level |
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| fruit dry at maturity, indehiscent, winged |
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| mature ovule with embryo, coat, food supply, e.g., endosperm; |
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| one of the individual parts of the calyx |
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| toothed along the margin with minute, sharp, forward |
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| medium sized woody plant typically less than 3 m tall and/or with many main stems often spreading |
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| leaf which is one undivided segment (may be lobed) |
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| spike with small flowers crowded on a thickened axis, e.g., Araceae |
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| large bract sheathing of enclosing an inflorescence, e.g., Araceae |
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| inflorescence with a single unbranched axis with flowers sessile, maturing from the bottom |
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| basic inflorescence unit of Poaceae; has two glumes and one or more florets |
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| arrangement of leaves not in vertical rows but spiralling up the stem |
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| the main body or supportive structure of a plant that can produce roots, stems, leaves, and flowers |
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| part of the pistil that receives the pollen |
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| pair of appendages at the base of the petiole or leaf |
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| a horizontal stem that grows aboveground |
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| surface covered with stiff, appressed hairs |
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| the perianth arises from below the ovary (hypogynous flower) |
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| petals united at least at the base (opposite of gamopetalous) |
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| a slender, often coiling organ of support |
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| part of the perianth that is not distinguished as petals or sepals, e.g., in Liliaceae |
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| surface covered with tangled, wool |
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| large woody plant typically at least 3 m tall and/or with one or a few main trunks |
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| a compound leaf divided into three segments |
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| plant in the grass family, Poaceae, that is mowed to make a groundcover |
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| plant that climbs or scrambles and cannot normally support itself |
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| arrangement with three or more leaves arising at a node |
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| plant with a hard stem due to secondary xylem produced by vascular cambium and bark on the outside |
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| irregular flower; parts of one whorl not alike; may be bilaterally symmetrical |
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