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  • Aristate

    With a long, bristle-like point. An abrupt hard bristle-like point.  

  • Arista

    Arista

    A long, bristle-like, pointed axis.  

  • 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.  

  • Arillate

    With an aril.  

  • Arillar collar

    Fleshy organ around the hilum, an outgrowth of the seedcoat (Annonaceae).  

  • Aril

    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…

  • Arhizous

    Without roots.  

  • 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…

  • Areolate

    With an areole or areoles, divided into distinct spaces by boundary lines.  

  • Arcuate

    Curved like a bow. An uncommon pattern in which the major veins curve gently upward.  

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