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oblique
Plants; Botany

Of a leaf or leaflet, larger on one side of the midrib than on the other, i.e. Asymmetrical.

lanceolate
Plants; Botany

Of a leaf, about four times as long as it is broad, broadest in the lower half and tapering towards the tip.

unifoliolate
Plants; Botany

Of a leaf, basically compound, but reduced to only one leaflet.

ventral
Plants; Botany

Of a lateral organ, facing towards the subtending axis; of a thallus, facing towards the substratum. Cf. Dorsal.

cordate
Plants; Botany

Of a leaf blade, broad and notched at the base; heart-shaped.

apocarpous
Plants; Botany

Of a gynoecium, consisting of two or more carpels which are free from one another or almost so.

dorsal
Plants; Botany

Of a lateral organ, (relating to the side) facing away from the axis, i.e. The 'back'; of a thallus, facing away from the substratum. Cf. Ventral.

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