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Pseudaril
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In Burseraceae, soft aril-like tissue that covers part or all of the pyrene and attracts dispersal agents. |
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Pseudo-
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A prefix meaning false. |
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Pseudobulb
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In Orchidaceae, a specially modified stem that is variously swollen and stores food and water. Pseudobulbs are common in epiphytic but are lacking in terrestrial species. |
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Pseudobulbo
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En Orchidaceae, es un tallo modificado, engrosado o hinchado de varias formas, especializado para almacenar alimento y agua. Los pseudobulbos son comunes en las plantas epífitas, pero las plantas terrestres no los tienen. |
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Pseudocarp
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Several small "fruits" surrounded by accompanying parts, such as that of Siparuna (Siparunaceae), in which the separate carpels are surrounded by a fleshy hypanthium, or the syconia of figs in which the the achenes are surrounded by hollow stem ends. |
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Pseudocopulation
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A form of mimicry is displayed by some part of the flower, most commonly the lip in Orchidaceae, that leads to a form of pollination in which a deceived pollinator attempts to copulate with the flower and in the process unwittingly removes the pollinia and carries it to another flower, thereby effecting pollination. |
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Pseudodisc
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In some Menispermaceae, the button-shaped fleshy whorl of petals. |
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Pseudofruto
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Órgano vegetal que no es un fruto, pero cuya apariencia es como la de un fruto. Por ejemplo, el pedicelo hinchado de Anacardium. Lo mismo que falso fruto. Técnicamente se lo conoce como hipocarpo. |
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Pseudomonomerous
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Referring to a structure that appears to consist of one unit but has been derived from the fusion of more than one unit; e.g., a gynoecia with one locule derived from more than one carpel and with no obvious indication that it was derived from more than one carpel. |
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Pseudomonopodial
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Referring to a plant having a primary stem with sympodial growth and secondary stems with monopodial growth. |
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Pseudopetiole
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The narrowed portion of the leaf located between the ligule(s) and the blade in many Bambuseae, in other Poaceae such as Pharus, and in some Cyperaceae. |
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Pseudoraceme
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A raceme of 1-flowered cincinni. |
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Pseudospikelet
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A group of indeterminate, spikeletlike structures that develop from buds, are subtended by glumelike, sterile bracts, and are found in some Bambuseae and a few other Poaceae. |
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Pseudostaminodia (singular = pseudostaminodium)
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In the Amaranthaceae, referring to sterile, filamentous, entire to fimbriate processes as long as or longer than the stamens and alternating with them. |
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Pseudostem
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The apparent stem of Musa (Musaceae), Phenakospermum (Strelitziaceae), and some other monocots which is actually a cylinder formed by overlapping leaf bases. |
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Pseudostipule
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A leaf (e.g., in some species of Aristolochiaceae) or leaflet (e.g., in some species of Trichilia, Meliaceae) that resembles a stipule; in some Bignoniaceae, a bud scale derived from the axillary buds that resembles a stipule. |
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Pseudosyncarpous
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In the Annonaceae, referring to fruits in which the carpels seem to be connate, but in reality are free or almost free (e.g., species of Duguetia in the Annonaceae). |
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Pterophyll
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Expanded sepal (usually white or green) of some Rubiaceae that usually are expanded fully after anthesis and aid in wind dispersal. |
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Ptyxis
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Referring to the way a leaf is folded within a bud. |
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Puberulent, puberulous
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Minutely pubescent. |
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Pubescence (adjective = pubescent)
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Referring to plants with some or all of their parts covered with trichomes. |
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Pubescencia
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Una cubierta de pelos en una planta u órgano vegetal |
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Pubescente
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Se refiere a las plantas o algún órgano en particular, cuando está cubierto por tricomas cortos y suaves |
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Pulverulent
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Appearing dusty or powdery. |
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Pulvinate
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Possessing pulvini. |
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