Plant Characteristics

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

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Obconical :	Conical, but attached at the narrower end.
Parent Term:	Shape__3d
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Oblanceolate :	As lanceolate, but broadest part is beyond the middle of the longer axis.
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Oblate :	Almost circular but wider than long.
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Oblique :	Having an asymmetrical base.
Parent Term:	Leaf_base
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Oblong :	Leaf roughly broadest in middle with almost parallel sides, c. 1.5-2 times as long as wide (narrowly or broadly oblong or even squ
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Obovate :	As OVATE, but broadest beyond middle; c1.2-3x as long as wide.
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Obscure :	Not visible, or not at all clear; if unspecified, then it means here not visible with naked eye (or spectacles if needed) at arm?s
Parent Term:	Venation
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Obtuse :	Flat-ended or almost so (apex or base).
Parent Term:	Apex_of_leaf_blade
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Ochrea ocrea :	-
Parent Term:	Node
Child Terms:	Ocreolate
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Ocreate :	With an ochrea
Parent Term:	Node
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Ocreolate :	Diminutive of ocreate; usually applied to bract bases.
Parent Term:	Ochrea
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Opaque :	'Murky'; not possible to see through, and letting little light through.
Parent Term:	Transparency
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Opposite leaf :	-
Parent Term:	Leaf_arrangement
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Orbicular :	A flat shape, circular in outline.
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Osseous :	Bony.
Parent Term:	Texture
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Outline of leaf blade :	-
Parent Term:	Lamina__leaf_blade
Child Terms:	Apex_of_leaf_blade Leaf_base Leaf_blade_shapes
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Ovary :	The basal part of the gynoecium containing the ovules.
Parent Term:	Gynoecium
Child Terms:	Bilocular Inferior_ovary Ovule Superior_ovary Locule Locules_(count)
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Ovate :	Leaf with outline (roughly) of egg and broadest below middle. Strictly, 2 -1.5 times as long as broad. "Broadly ovate" leaves can h
Parent Term:	Leaf_blade_shape
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Ovoid :	Egg-shaped (three dimensional) structure.
Parent Term:	Shape__3d
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Ovule :	Organ (inside the ovary in Angiosperms, open in Gymnosperms) that develops into the seed after fertilization.
Parent Term:	Ovary
Plural:	Ovules
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