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Denticulate : Finely dentate.
Depressed : Flattened as if pressed down from the top or end; applied to 2 or 3-dimensional shapes, e.g. ovate and
obovate or ovoid and obovoid which have a length:breadth ratio of less than 2:3.
Dichasium : A cyme in which the branches are opposite and approximately equal.
Dichotomous : Divided almost equally into two parts.
Dioecious : Having male and female unisexual flowers on different plants.
Divaricate : Widely spreading.
Echinate : Bearing stiff, stout, prickly hairs.
Ellipsoid : A 3-dimensional shape; elliptic in outline and with a length:breadth ratio between 3:2 and 2:1.
Elliptic : A 2-dimensional shape; oval in outline and with a length:breadth ratio between 3:2 and 2:1.
Elongate : Lengthened; stretched out.
Emarginate : Having a broad, shallow notch at the apex.
Entire : Without any incisions or teeth.
Erect : Upright; perpendicular.
Exserted : Protruding beyond some enclosing organ, e.g. referring to stamens which project beyond the corolla or
perianth, or to valves which extend beyond the rim of a capsular fruit. Sometimes the stamens are not
actually longer than the corolla or perianth but are exserted due to the spreading of the segments.
Farinose : Covered with mealy dust or powder.
Fascicle : A cluster.
Fetid : Having a heavy offensive smell.
Filiform : Thread-like.
Fimbriate : Fringed.
Flaccid : Limp and weak.
Flexuose : Zig-zagging, often referring to a stem.
Follicle : A dry fruit, derived from a single carpel and dehiscing along one suture.
Geniculate : Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
Gibbous : Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
Glabrescent : Becoming glabrous.
Glabrous : Without hairs.
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