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BRACTS |
Flower parts |
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PETALS |
Flower parts |
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SPIRANTHY |
The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower. |
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TETRAMEROUS |
Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a
tetramerous flower. |
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ATTIRE |
The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx
and the corolla. |
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SYMMETRY |
Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles
in a flower. |
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OCTAMEROUS |
Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower;
octamerous mesenteries in polyps. |
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QUINCUNX |
A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in
aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2. |
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MONOMEROUS |
Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal,
one petal, one stamen, and one pistil. |
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REGULAR |
Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and
shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin. |
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INDEFINITE |
Too numerous or variable to make a particular
enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like.
Also, indeterminate. |
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UNSYMMETRICAL |
Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the
parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape,
or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry. |
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INSERTED |
Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part;
-- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla,
and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. |
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PENTAMEROUS |
Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also,
arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five
sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils. |
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NAKED |
...e, or not
covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem
without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scal... |
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SUPERIOR |
Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which,
although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to
originate from its upp... |
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DIFFERENTIATION |
... initial stem develops the leaf,
branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the
digestive and other organs and members,... |
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FLOWER |
...by a circle of foliar
parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the
stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the... |
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HERMAPHRODITE |
...le
and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant
having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contai... |