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Appressed
Lying close and flat (e.g. branches or hairs on a stem). Pressed flat (or nearly so) against another surface. Brought into contact, but not united. Flattened onto the surface of the cap or stem, as in appressed fibrils or scales. Flattened against but not joined to the stem.
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Applanate
(In vernation) pressed flat against each other.
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Appendiculate
With appendage or appendages. Hung with pieces of tissue of the partial veil.
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Appendage
Attached secondary part; for example, a projection or a hanging part or supplement. Any superadded part. A part of the body or piece of tissue which hangs down from another part. A small lobe or projection from any plant organ, for example, from a petal or stamen, sometimes with no evident function. Something attached or…
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Apotropous
Anatropous but recurved, so that the raphe faces the placenta/ovary wall and the micropyle faces the base of the funiculus.
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Apostemonous
With the stamens separate from each other [unusual term].
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Apostapetalum
That part of the corolla tube and lobes above the zone with fused/adnate stamens [unusual term].
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Aposporous
(In ferns) where prothalli are formed directly from outgrowths from the frond.
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Aposepalous
With the sepals separate, not connate.
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Apophytic
Indigenous but growing in a humaninfluenced habitat (mainly a continental European term).
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