Category: D
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Depressed
Flattened from above downwards or at least at the top. Characterized by lowered mood, slowed thinking, decreased movement or agitation, loss of interest, guilt, lowered self-esteem, sleep disturbance, decreased appetite, and ideas of suicide. Flattened from above downward. With the central portion lower than the margin. More or less flattened or indented at the top.…
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Deposits
Secondary growths on the cell wall. A substance which is attached to part of the body. The quantity and configuration of the mist or fine particles that settle on a specific region of a plant’s exterior.
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Dependent
Hanging down. Inducing others to assume responsibility for major areas of one’s life; subordinating one’s own needs to those of others on whom one is dependent to avoid any possibility of independence; lack of self-confidence. An individual who relies upon another individual for a significant portion of his support. In addition to the requirement for…
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Depauperate
Impoverished, of much lesser stature than normal. Starved or impoverished; poorly developed.
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Denticulate
Finely toothed. Finely dentate.
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Denticle
A malformed tooth, usually small and often cone-shaped.
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Dentation
The degree of incision of the margin. The toothed edges of leaves or leaflets. Any protrusion resembling the form of a tooth.
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Dendroid
Shaped like a tree, with a thick basal part and narrowing branches. Dendriform; dendritic; pert, to dendrites.
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Dendrogram
Tree diagram reflecting perceived relationships between taxa.
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Dendritic
Tree-like; for example, dendritic hairs are branched like a tree. Branched like a tree. Pertaining to or possessing dendrites.