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Aristate
With a long, bristle-like point. An abrupt hard bristle-like point.
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Arista
A long, bristle-like, pointed axis.
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Arillode
(Of seed appendages) false aril, a structure that, like the aril, (wholly or partly) envelops the seed, but unlike the aril does not derive from the placenta or funicle.
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Arillate
With an aril.
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Arillar collar
Fleshy organ around the hilum, an outgrowth of the seedcoat (Annonaceae).
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Aril
An appendage partially or completely enveloping the seed, sometimes resembling a third integument, and arising from the hilum, funicle or any other part of the seed coat; this term is sometimes used for any fleshy cup-like structure containing a seed. A specialized, usually fleshy outgrowth that is attached to the mature seed; more loosely, any…
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Arhizous
Without roots.
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Areole (plural areoles)
Circular areas on a surface that are divided from similar areas by a division line such as a vein; Usually flat area on each side of some mimosoid legume seeds that is surrounded by the pleurogram; In Cactaceae, the spine-bearing cushion; extremely reduced branches (axillary buds) that usually bear spines, but can also become stems…
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Areolate
With an areole or areoles, divided into distinct spaces by boundary lines.
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Arcuate
Curved like a bow. An uncommon pattern in which the major veins curve gently upward.
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