Category: D
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Distant
Where phyllaries in Compositae/Asteraceae are not overlapping but free. (Of gills) Spaced widely apart.
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Dissimilar
Unlike.
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Dissilient
Bursting apart, as in some ripe fruits [unspecific term, not recommended].
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Dissepiment
A partition in an ovary or fruit.
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Disseminule
Any part of the plant used in distribution: seed, fruit, part of fruit or any other part that can grow plantlets.
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Dissemination
Distribution of ripe seeds. In epidemiology, a scattering or spreading of organisms from host to host or in pathogens from one locus of infection to another. The fact of being widespread throughout the body.
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Dissected
Divided into segments. Cut deeply into many divisions. Finely cut or divided into many, narrow segments (as in a leaf). Deeply divided or lobed into many small segments, though not truly compound (as in many Artemisia species).
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Disposition
Arrangement. A person’s general character or tendency to act in a particular way. A natural tendency or aptitude exhibited by an individual or group. It may be manifested by acquiring a certain disease. A natural tendency or aptitude exhibited by an individual or group. It may be manifested by acquiring a certain disease.
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Dispersal
The movement of propagation units such as seeds away from the parent plant by mechanical means such as wind, animals etc. Referring to seeds, this describes the removal of seeds from parent plant to a new location by wind, water, birds, or other animals. Many fruits are fleshy or have a fleshy coat around the…
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Dispermous
With two seeds only.