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Term Synonyms Category Limitation Definition
…sulcate = …colpate, …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …valleculate architecture Having the number of sulci indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monosulcate, polysulcate, 3-sulcate.
sulcate = colpate, fossulate, furrowed, grooved, valleculate architecture Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions (sulci).
sulcus pl. sulci = colpus, fossula, furrow, groove, vallecula FEATURE An elongate depression that is relatively shallow and narrow.
summer annual nominative plant Annual, germinating in spring or early summer, reproducing sexually with no prolonged vegetative stage beforehand, and dying by late summer or autumn. See also winter annual.
sunken > immersed, impressed prominence Below the general level of the surrounding surface.
superaxillary insertion Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s).
superaxillary position Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s).
superficial = surficial insertion Directly upon the surface of the structure in point.
superficial = surficial position Directly upon the surface of the structure in point.
superior 1 insertion indusium Inserted at or near the apex of the sorus, distal to the sporangia.
superior 2 position ovary Not enclosed to any degree by a floral tube casing, the perianth and/or androecium thus arising beneath (proximal to) it.
superposed 1 arrangement Approximate to congested, inserted directly above and below one another.
superposed 2 insertion buds Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other.
superposed 2 position buds Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other.
supervolute vernation Each with one side rolled adaxially inward from the margin and enveloped by the abaxially rolled opposite side.
supine = procumbent, prostrate, trailing habit axis Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length.
supple = flexible, pliable, pliant texture Able to bend over its length and/or breadth without structural disruption.
suprabasal insertion Just above the base of the structure in point.
suprabasal position Just above the base of the structure in point.
suprabracteal insertion Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion.
suprabracteal position Upon the axes, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of bract insertion.
suprafoliar insertion Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion.
suprafoliar position Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion.
supramedial insertion Just above the middle of the structure in point.
supramedial position Just above the middle of the structure in point.
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