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Head-like; like the head of a pin (e.g. for a stigma); Collected into heads of flowers (as in Compositae/Asteraceae or Leguminosae). Having a globular apex, like a pin’s head, or forming a head. The largest of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist. Bone of the hand; used to describe rounded shape of structures.…

Very slender, hair-like.  

Very slender, hair-like in shape. Any one of the minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules, forming a network in nearly all parts of the body. Their walls act as semipermeable membranes for the interchange of various substances, including fluids, between the blood and tissue fluid; called also vas capillare. Small, thin-walled blood vessels connecting…

Shaped like a canoe, i.e. shortly canaliculate, but with the ends swept up and not grooved (e.g. of pyrenes in some Rubiaceae).  

(Of indument) more or less grey or hoary, or becoming so [vague term]. With a dense mat of gray-white hairs. White and glistening from a grayish-white pubescence.  

Stem of large grasses or small palms, slender, hollow and jointed. A branch or stem that is slender, straight and not very woody, usually produced by a single season’s growth. An assistive device prescribed to provide support during ambulation and transfers for individuals with weakness, instability, pain, or balance loss. It also may be used…

With the appearance of a lattice [rare term]. A structure characterized by a web-like or latticework design. It is also known as cancellated or cancellous.