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praemorsous (adj) bitten; ragged as if chewed prismatic (adj) prism-shaped; having several longitudinous angles and intermediate flat faces proboscidate (adj) beaked; similar to corniculate prostrate (adj) lying horizontally pruinose (adj) frosted with white powder pterate (adj) winged, eg: dipterate - 2-winged, tripterate - 3-winged puberulous (adj) somewhat pubescent pubescent (n) covered in soft down pulvinate (adj) convex or slightly so pungent (adj) tapering evenly to a sharp point pyriform (adj) pear-shaped; more elongated than turbinate Q R raceme (n) a flower cluster composed of individual florets equally spaced along a stem - often cymose radical (adj) emerging from the root radicle (n) the embryonic root; a rootlet reclinate (adj) curved backwards reflexed (adj) abruptly reclinate regular (adj) composed of evenly arranged parts in a symmetrical fashion reniform (adj) kidney-shaped; an oval with the ends curved around in the same direction repandate (adj) undulate, but less evenly so reticulate (adj) forming a network (often of leaf-veins); multiply divided retuse (adj) a rounded termination with a small notch forming two small lobes; slightly emarginate
hizome (n) an underground plant structure from which both roots and shoots emerge directly rhomboid (adj) diamond-shaped rib (n) a leaf-vein; a ridge of plant-tissue thicker than its surrounding ringent (adj) of a monopetalous corolla where the lip of which is unequally divided; appearing in the form of a gaping animal root (n) a plant structure usually providing a plant with anchorage and the ability to absorb water and nutrients from the soil rosette (n) a circular growth-pattern with leaves growing radially from a central point; rose-shaped rostellate (adj) beaked; tapering in a long, hard point rostrate (adj) beaked; tapering in a long, hard point rosulate (adj) forming a rosette rotate (adj) wheel-shaped rotundate (adj) rounded; imperfectly orbicular; in the form of, or terminated by, an arc runcinate (adj) in the form of overlapping arrowheads, the backwards-facing barbs usually curved, eg: a dandelion S sagittate (adj) in the shape of an arrow head; in the form of two pointed lobes directed bacwards Sarracenia (g) a genus of 8 species of pitcher plant distributed throughout the South and Eastern coastal regions of the US and North into East and Central Canada; Trumpet pitcher scandent (adj) climbing scape (n) a long flower stalk arising directly from the root scapose (adj) of a plant whose flowers are borne on scapes scarious (adj) having a dry membranous appearance scrotiform (adj) pouch-shaped; hollow, in the form of a sac scutate (adj) lenticulate, but with an elevated rim scutelliform (adj) as patelliform, but oval rather than round scutellate (adj) shield or saucer shaped scutiform (adj) lenticulate, but with an elevated rim
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Page 13 and 14: napiform (adj) turnip shaped; a dep
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