Plant Characteristics

A list of specialist words which might be used in field guides ... more.

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Falcate :	-
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape

Farinose :	-
Parent Term:	Surface_details
Synonyms:	farinaceous
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Farinose farinaceous :	-
Parent Term:	Surface_details

Fascicle :	Cluster or bundle, especially, of an Inflorescence without (obvious) stalk, with a dense cluster of flowers arising in one place.
Parent Term:	Inflorescence_type
Plural:	Fascicles
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Fasciculate :	Clustered, or appearing in bundles.
Parent Term:	Inflorescence_type
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Ferruginous :	Rust- (iron) coloured; i.e. reddish- or orange- brown like a ?red? ant.
Parent Term:	Hairs
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Fibre :	Long, very thin, flexible and strong like cotton thread, or like stringy wood.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Fibrous :	With obvious fibres. Fibrous roots refer to a root system with no main axis, typical of monocotyledons.
Parent Term:	Bark_texture
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Filament :	A thread; particularly, the stalk of a stamen, bearing the anther.
Parent Term:	Stamen
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Filiform :	-
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Fimbriate :	With ragged fringe, or fringe of flattened extensions (cf. ciliate).
Parent Term:	General_shape
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Fissured :	With elongated deep cracks or splits.
Parent Term:	Bark
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Fistulose :	Hollow, as without pith.
Parent Term:	Shape__3d
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Flabelliform :	Fan-shaped.
Parent Term:	General_shape
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Flaccid :	Lax and weak.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Fleshy :	Thick, firm yet soft, easily sliced.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Flexuous :	(Of a stem or hair) long and wavy.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Flint Bark :	Very hard, glass- or stone-like bark of certain Diospyros species.
Parent Term:	Bark
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Floccose :	Covered with soft hairs which tend to adhere in small tufts.
Parent Term:	Hairs
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Floret :	-
Parent Term:	Capitulum
Child Terms:	Disc_floret Ray_floret Disc_floret__disc_flowers Ray_floret__ray_flowers

Flower :	Reproductive structure of angiosperms with single axis; usually receptacle with stamens, carpels and perianth.
Parent Term:	Flower_&_fruit
Child Terms:	Symmetry Flower_part Flower_detail Pollination
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Flower & Fruit :	-
Parent Term:	Plant_parts
Child Terms:	Flower Fruit Infructescence Gender Inflorescence Flower/fruit_position Flower(s) Inflorescence,_infructescence Infructescence_see_inflorescence__f
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Flower bud :	-
Parent Term:	Flower_part
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Flower detail :	-
Parent Term:	Flower
Plural:	Flower details

Flower part :	-
Parent Term:	Flower
Plural:	Flower parts
Child Terms:	Androgynophore Corona Disc Gynoecium Pedicel Perianth Receptacle Androecium Flower_bud Pedicellate Androecium_(male_parts) Disc__disk Flower_part_arrangement General_part_terms
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FLOWER(S) :	-
Parent Term:	Flower_&_fruit

Flower/fruit Position :	-
Parent Term:	Flower_&_fruit
Child Terms:	Cauliflorous Cauliflory
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Flowering & Fruiting :	-
Parent Term:	Plant_parts

Flower_part_arrangement :	-
Parent Term:	Flower_part
Child Terms:	Epigynous Perigynous

Flush :	All foliage unfolding and developing in a (short part of) one season, on trees of rhythmic growth; the colour of the flush of new l
Parent Term:	Foliage
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Fluted :	(Bole, Base) with many rounded, regular ascending channels.
Parent Term:	Bole
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Foetid :	Disgusting smell, like rotting meat or excrement.
Parent Term:	Smells
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Foliaceous :	Leaf-like (e.g. stipules, bracts) in shape and texture, but not necessarily leaf-like in terms of size.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Foliage :	The leaves or leaflets on tree or branch considered as a whole
Parent Term:	Vegetative
Synonyms:	Leafy stem
Child Terms:	Flush Leaf_arrangement Stem Branching_pattern Leaf
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Foliage (leafy branch) :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative

Foliage (leafy stem) :	-
Parent Term:	Vegetative

Follicle :	Type of dehiscent often many-seeded fruit developing from one carpel, splitting along one line (like some pods).
Parent Term:	Hairs
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Fragrant :	Pleasantly and delicately scented (like many flowers).
Parent Term:	Smells
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Free :	Floral organs: not fused. Free central (placenta), with the ovules borne on a free-standing central placenta within the ovary.
Parent Term:	General_part_terms
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Fruit :	Structure derived from ovary (and sometimes other floral parts, like the calyx) containing seeds and generally promoting their disp
Parent Term:	Flower_&_fruit
Child Terms:	Fruit_type Fruit_details Fruit_types
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Fruit Details :	-
Parent Term:	Fruit
Child Terms:	Aril Endocarp Accrescent_calyx Awn Exocarp Mesocarp Pappus Pericarp Placenta Seed Valve Pyrene
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Fruit Type :	-
Parent Term:	Fruit
Plural:	Fruit Types
Child Terms:	Dehiscent Indehiscent Legume Lomentum Mericarp Pod Samara Syconium_(fig)
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Fruit Types :	-
Parent Term:	Fruit

Fusiform :	Spindle-shaped, a body thickest at the middle and tapering towards the ends.
Parent Term:	Shapes__3d
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