Flora of North America Glossary
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| Term | Synonyms | Category | Limitation | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| small-dotted | = puncticulate | coloration | Finely dotted (punctate). | |
| small-dotted | = puncticulate | relief | Finely dotted (punctate). | |
| small-sawtoothed | = serrulate | margin | Finely sawtoothed (serrate). See also scalloped (crenate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). | |
| small-scalloped | = crenulate | margin | Finely scalloped (crenate). See also sawtoothed (serrate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate), small-toothed (denticulate), toothed (dentate). | |
| small-toothed | = denticulate | margin | Finely toothed (dentate). See also sawtoothed (serrate), scalloped (crenate), small-scalloped (crenulate), small-sawtoothed (serrulate). | |
| smooth 1 | relief | Even or unrelieved overall. Strictly applied, this term refers only to the surface proper; however, it is often used to mean glabrous as well. | ||
| smooth 2 | relief | bark | Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. | |
| snail-shell-shaped | = cochleate | solid shape | Relatively broad and short, basically round in transverse section, resembling a rapidly tapering spire overall, the exterior helically convoluted. | |
| soboliferous | architecture | plant | Having several, loosely clumped, principal stems that arise from a common underground stem system, each distinct above ground level. | |
| soft | texture | Yielding under slight pressure. | ||
| solid | = continuous | architecture | pith | Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
| solid shape | CHARACTER | Overall three-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, position, relief, and texture (as to thickness). | ||
| solitary 1 | arrangement | Disposed singly, each remote from any others. | ||
| solitary 2 | habit | plants | Growing singly; not aggregated. | |
| sorus pl. sori | STRUCTURE | A cluster of sporangia borne upon a fertile frond, usually on its abaxial surface; often covered during maturation by a protective membrane, the indusium, that is an outgrowth from the epidermis; in Polypodiophyta. | ||
| spadicate | architecture | inflorescence | Generally spicate but with the flowers embedded in a thick, fleshy axis, the whole subtended and usually partially or wholly enveloped by a large bract (spathe). | |
| spadix pl. spadices | STRUCTURE | A thick, fleshy, primary inflorescence axis bearing sessile flowers more or less sunken into its surface, the whole subtended and sometimes partially enclosed by a specialized bract, the spathe; esp. in Araceae. | ||
| spathaceous 1 | architecture | plant, inflorescence | Bearing a spathe or spathes. | |
| spathaceous 2 | = spathe-like | architecture | foliaceous structure | Resembling a spathe. |
| spathe | STRUCTURE | A usually relatively large, sometimes showy, foliose bract subtending and sometimes partially enclosing an inflorescence, esp. a spadicate one; in Liliidae (monocotyledons). | ||
| spathe-like | = spathaceous | architecture | foliaceous structure | Resembling a spathe. |
| spathulate | plane shape | See spatula-shaped, spatulate. | ||
| spatula-shaped | = spatulate | plane shape | Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. | |
| spatulate var. spathulate | = spatula-shaped | plane shape | Elongate, broadest near a rounded apex, gradually attenuate to a narrower base; like the outline of the broad face of a spatula blade. | |
| sperm | > antherozoid, spermatozoid | STRUCTURE | A male gamete. |
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