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Pyrophytic
Growing in regularly burned areas.
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Pyrophyte
Perennial plant growing in regularly burned areas, usually showing morphological and/or physiological adaptations to these habitats, usually appearing after the annual fires and before the first rains.
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Pyriform
Pear-shaped (as in the fruit of Pyrus (Rosaceae)).
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Pyrene
(Of a fruit) the stone, the seed plus a hard layer of endocarp (often sculptured) surrounding the seed. The nutlet, especially said of a drupe when small.
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Pyramidal
Shaped like a pyramid, usually said of inflorescences that are narrow proximally and widen out gradually, the distal part being more or less flat-topped (so really shaped like an inverse pyramid). A cone-shaped part of the body, especially a cone-shaped projection on the surface of the medulla oblongata or in the medulla of the kidney.…
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Putative
Suggested, probable.
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Putamen
The hard endocarp of a stone fruit, a hard layer around the seed. A round structure, located at the base of the forebrain, whose main function is to regulate movements and influence various types of learning. It does so employing dopamine to perform its functions. The putamen plays a role in degenerative neurological disorders, such…
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Pustuliform
Shaped like a blister.
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Pustulate
With slight elevations, like pimples or blisters. To become covered with pustules, or cause pustules to appear on the skin.
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Pusticulate
With minute blisters [unusual term].
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