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A list of specialist words which might be used in field guides ... more.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Gall : | - |
| Parent Term: | Pathology |
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| Gelatinous : | Jelly-like; soft and ?wobbly? when in a large mass. |
| Parent Term: | Texture |
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| Parent Term: | Flower_&_fruit |
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Dioecious Bisexual Hermaphrodite Monoecious Sterile |
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| General Shape : | - |
| Parent Term: | General_terms |
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Cirrhose Cirrhous Fimbriate Flabelliform Process Shape__3d Shape_(3d) |
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| Parent Term: | Plant_parts |
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Axis Sub Position Taste General_shape Smells Attachment Texture Angles Pattern Transparency |
| General_part_terms : | - |
| Parent Term: | Flower_part |
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Bipartite Free Merous Parted Tripartite |
| Genetics : | - |
| Parent Term: | Species_level_terms |
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Hybrid Polyploid |
| Glabrous : | - |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
| Gland : | Permanent multicellular structure on leaf (or other parts) distinct from surrounding tissue and of various types (see 91.a). |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_glands_etc |
| Plural: | Glands |
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Gland_dots Glands_(large_types) |
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| Gland Dots : | - |
| Parent Term: | Gland |
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Idioblast Punctate Translucent Superficial_gland_dots |
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| Glands : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_glands_etc |
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| Glands (large types up to 30 per leaf or 1mm) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Gland |
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Extrafloral Elaiosome Nectar Nectary |
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| Glandular : | Covered with secretory or excretory glands. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_glands_etc |
| Glandular Hair : | A hair composed of secretory cells, often forming a rounded or coloured or sticky-looking head, borne on a stalk. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Gland_(petiole_or_rachis) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_parts |
| Plural: | Glands_(petiole_or_rachis) |
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Petiole_gland_(cpd leaf) Rachis_gland |
| Glaucescent : | Sparingly or slightly glaucous. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_colour |
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| Glaucous : | Surface (of leaf) with non-shiny (matt) texture like fine dust and pale blue or pinkish, due to thin waxy coating. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_colour |
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| Globose : | (Almost) Spherical, ignoring fine details, like an orange; see ellipsoid. |
| Parent Term: | Shapes__3d |
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| Glochidiate : | With barbed trichomes usually in tufts. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Glutinous : | Slightly sticky to touch, like (or coated with) thick, viscous liquid. |
| Parent Term: | Surface_details |
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| Granular : | Consisting of many usually very compressed granules. |
| Parent Term: | Bark_texture |
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| Granule : | (Made of) small particles (0.5mm wide) of similar length to width, in contrast to fibrous, especially used for bark texture. |
| Parent Term: | Bark_texture |
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| Gregarious : | Occuring together in groups. |
| Parent Term: | Population_terms |
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| Grit : | Bark, with small sand-like particles visible in slash; making a noise like metal on stone or sand when slashed. |
| Parent Term: | Bark_texture |
| Gritty : | - |
| Parent Term: | Slash_texture |
| Guilds : | - |
| Parent Term: | Ecology |
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Heliophilous Pioneer Shade-bearer Shade-bearers |
| Gum : | - |
| Parent Term: | Slash_exudate |
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Gummy exudate
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| Guttered : | (Nerves, etc.) partly prominent, the creast above the general surface, but with channels running along-side, as if with gutters. |
| Parent Term: | Vein_prominence |
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| Gymnosperm : | A seed-bearing plant with ovules, and hence seeds, developing on the surface of a leaf. |
| Parent Term: | Plant_groups |
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| Gynoecium (female parts) : | The female parts of a flower; the carpels. |
| Parent Term: | Flower_part |
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Carpel Gynophore Ovary Pistil Stigma Style Monocarp |
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| Gynophore : | A stalk bearing the gynoecium above the level of insertion of the other floral parts, as in Capparaceae. |
| Parent Term: | Gynoecium |
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