Category: T
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Tunicate
With sheathing, concentric layers.
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Tunic
Coat of a bulb, consisting of dead leaf bases; Any loose membranous skin not formed by epidermis. A loose membranous outer skin not the epidermis; the loose membrane about a bulb. An investing membrane.
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Tundra
Flat or nearly flat area without trees in the subarctic regions.
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Tumid
Inflated, swollen. Swollen at one portion.
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Tumescent
Slightly swollen, swelling. Swollen or showing signs of swelling, usually as a result of a build-up of blood or water within body tissues.
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Tumble-weed
Whole plant that breaks off from its roots and is blown about by the wind, thereby scattering or distributing its seeds.
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Tufted grasses
Grasses growing in compact clumps.
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Tufted
Growing in tight groups; for example, the bases of the individual plants touching.
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Tuft domatia
(Of domatia) resembling tufts of hairs (as in some Rubiaceae).
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Tubuliflorous
When all the flowers of a head have tubular corollas [unusual term, not recommended].