Australian Biological Resources Study
Compiled by A.McCusker
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| capitate: of an inflorescence, with the flowers unstalked and aggregated into a dense cluster; of a stigma, globose, like the head of a pin.
clavate: club-shaped. dendritic: of a trichome, with branches arising along the main axis, i.e. tree-like. hair: an elongate single-celled or multi-celled outgrowth from the epidermis, without vascular tissue. indumentum: the epidermal appendages, e.g. hairs or scales, collectively. peltate: of a leaf, having the stalk attached to the lower surface of the blade, not to the margin (also applied, in the same sense, to other stalked structures). stellate: star-shaped; consisting of star-shaped cells. |
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