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Purpurescent
Tinged with purple; Turning purple.
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Pungent
Ending in a rigid sharp point. A sharp, astringent, acrid odor usually from strong spices, alcohol or tannins. A term used to portray a taste or aroma that stimulates the taste buds and olfactory senses with a tingling sensation or is pleasantly robust and distinctive, but without crossing the threshold into being unpleasantly overwhelming.
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Punctulate
Marked with minute dots, depressions or glands.
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Punctiform
Shaped like a point or dot.
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Punctate
Dotted, marked with dots or translucent glands. Dotted with pinpoint impressions or translucent dots. (Of stem or spores) Having tiny, barely visible dots. Referring to tissue or a surface which has tiny spots, holes or dents in it. Having pinpoint punctures or depressions on the surface; marked with dots.
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Punctae
Small dots, glands or depressions.
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Pulvinus (plural pulvina)
Swelling on the petiole (either proximal, distal or both) that functions to permit leaf movement.
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Pulvinulus
Swollen part of the stalk of an individual leaflet in a compound leaf, similar to pulvinus.
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Pulviniform
Cushion-shaped [unusual term].
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Pulvinate
With a pulvinus (i.e. a swelling) mostly on the petiole (either proximal, distal, or both).
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