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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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| Taproot : | A main descending root bearing lateral roots, as in many dicotyledons. |
| Parent Term: | Bole |
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| Taste : | - |
| Parent Term: | General_terms |
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Astringent Acidic Bitter Salty Sweet |
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| Taxon : | A group or category, at any level, in a system for classifying plants or animals. |
| Parent Term: | Plant_groups |
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| Taxonomy : | - |
| Parent Term: | Species_level_terms |
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Infraspecific Monotypic Polymorphic Variant Plant_groups Type_specimen |
| TEETH : | - |
| Parent Term: | Serrated |
| Tendril : | A slender, spirally coiled, branched or unbranched climbing-organ originating from a stem or a leaf. |
| Parent Term: | Climbing_device |
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| Tepal : | One of the segments (when not fused) of the perianth; used when the perianth is not differentiated in calyx (with sepals) and corol |
| Parent Term: | Perianth |
| Plural: | Tepals |
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Aestivation Limb |
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| Terete : | A cylindrical structure, circular in cross-section, rather than a fluted or grooved or many-sided one. |
| Parent Term: | Stem |
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| Terminal : | At the apex or distal end. When a flower or a bud is terminal on an axis they end its growth. |
| Parent Term: | Position |
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| Parent Term: | General_terms |
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Cartilaginous Coriaceous Crustaceous Osseous Chartaceous Coriaceous Fibre Flaccid Fleshy Flexuous Foliaceous Gelatinous Incrassate Indurate Ligneous Marcescent Membranous Woody |
| Thicket : | - |
| Parent Term: | Vegetation |
| Thorn : | Any sharp-pointed structure, including spines and prickles. |
| Parent Term: | Spines__prickles_etc |
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| Tiers : | Layers; storeys, like floors in a many floored house. |
| Parent Term: | Tree_crown |
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| Tomentose : | With very dense short, matted hairs and soft texture, like felt. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Torulose : | Cylindrical with contractions at intervals. |
| Parent Term: | Shape__3d |
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Torose
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| Torulose Torose : | - |
| Parent Term: | Shape__3d |
| Translucent : | Letting light through, but murky and not transparent (especially of exudates etc.). |
| Parent Term: | Gland_dots |
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| Transparency : | - |
| Parent Term: | General_terms |
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Hyaline Opaque Pellucid Transparent |
| Transparent : | Possible to see through. |
| Parent Term: | Transparency |
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| Transverse : | (Nerves, lines on bark etc.) running perpendicular to axis (of leaf, bole etc.). |
| Parent Term: | Venation |
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| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
| Tree (any size) : | Small tree, usually <7 m tall. |
| Parent Term: | Habit |
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Bole Bough Crown Treelet Trunk Tree_bole Tree_crown Tree_stem Tree_(larger) Palm_tree Tree |
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| Tree (larger than treelet) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
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| Tree Bole : | - |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
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Adventitious |
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| Tree Crown : | - |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
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Tiers Deciduous Evergreen |
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| Tree stem : | - |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
| Treelet : | Small tree, usually <7 m tall. |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
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| Trichome : | A minute outgrowth from the epidermis, variable in size and complexity, but including hairs, scales, and glandular hairs, rather th |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Trifoliolate : | Compound leaves with three leaflets attached to end of petiole (=ternate). |
| Parent Term: | Compound_leaf_types |
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| Trinerved : | With 2 (or more, but see palmately veined which is specifically for 4 or more basal nerves)) strong basal nerves besides the midrib |
| Parent Term: | Venation |
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| Tripartite : | - |
| Parent Term: | General_part_terms |
| Tripinnate : | - |
| Parent Term: | Bi-tripinnate |
| Tripinnnate : | - |
| Parent Term: | Bi-tripinnate |
| Truncate : | Ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (of lamina tips as well as bases). |
| Parent Term: | Apex_of_leaf_blade |
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| Trunk : | - |
| Parent Term: | Tree_(any_size) |
| Tuber : | A storage organ formed by swelling of underground stems or stem tips, or the distal end of a root, e.g. a yam or potato. |
| Parent Term: | Bulb-like |
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| Tubercle : | A small blunt outgrowth. Tuberculate =with small, smooth, blunt projections. |
| Parent Term: | Surface_texture |
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Tuberculate
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| Tuberculate : | With a warty surface. |
| Parent Term: | Surface_texture |
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| Tuft : | Brush like cluster of hairs, shoots or leaves. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Turbinate : | Top-shaped; obconic. |
| Parent Term: | Shape__3d |
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| Twig : | Small branch (here used for the branchlets of woody plants other than those which twine). |
| Parent Term: | Stem |
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| Twiner : | A plant with stems which are twisting round some other body. |
| Parent Term: | Habit |
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| Type specimen : | - |
| Parent Term: | Taxonomy |
| Plural: | Type specimens |
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Holotype Isotype Lectotype Neotype Syntype |