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Turbinate
Top-shaped, obconical and narrowed towards the point. Top-shaped, that is, more or less in an inverted cone. Shaped like a cone, scroll, or spiral. Having a shape like a spiral or an inverted cone. Referring to any of the three bones found on the walls of the nasal passages of mammals. Coil-like structures, one on…
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Tunicated bulb
A bulb covered with concentric enveloping coats (as in an onion).
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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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