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Acuminate:
Having a gradually diminishing
point. |
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Acute:
Sharply pointed, not drawn
out. |
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Bifid:
Divides in two, like
a
fishtail. |
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Bi-pinnate
when the divisions
of a pinnate
leaf are themselves pinnate. |
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Bulbil
: Small bulb-like
growth
from which a fern may
grow. |
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Deltoid:
Triangular in shape |
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Digitate
divided like the fingers
of a hand. |
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Frond:
Fern leaf. |
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Glaucous:
Having a bluish bloom.
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Lanceolate:
Lance-shaped, tapering
at both ends, wider in
lower third. |
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Linear:
Much longer than wide,
slender. |
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Lobe:
A shallow segment. |
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Marginate:
With a closely frilled
margin. |
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Oblanceolate:
Lance-shaped, the widest
part nearest the apex. |
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Ovate:
Egg-shaped, widest close
to a attachment. |
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Ovate-lanceolate:
Iimmediately between ovate
and lanceolate. |
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Pinna:
Primary division of pinnate
blade. |
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Pinnate:
Having leaflets arranged
on either side of rachis,
like
a feather.
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Pinnatifid:
Almost, but not quite
pinnate, not divided to
the midrib. |
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Pinnule:
Second division of frond,
reaching the pinna midrib.
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Pinnulet:
Third division of frond,
the division reaching
the pinnule midrib. |
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Quadripinnate:
Fourth division of frond,
reaching the pinnulet
midrib. |
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Rachis:
Mid-rib of frond.
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Sagittate:
Arrow-shaped. |
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Stipe:
Leaf stalk of a fern. |
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Tripinnate:
Where the frond, pinna
and pinnule are divided
to their |
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respective
midribs. |
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Truncate:
Lending abruptly. |
