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Palmately veined
When the main veins of a leaf originate at one point and spread from there.
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Palmate
(In lobed or compound leaves) when all lobes or leaflets originate from one central point (as fingers originate from the palm of the hand); = digitate. (Lindley (1832) uses this term only for palmately lobed; Hickey & King (2000) use it only for palmately divided; Stearn (1973) specifies it to mean 5-lobed; generally it can…
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Palman
(In palms) the central undivided part of a fan leaf.
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Palm
(As a measurement) 3 inches, or 7.5 cm. Members of the family Palmae or Arecaceae, that is, trees characterized by a normally unbranched trunk topped by a bunch of large leaves and a distinct preference for warm climates. The inner surface of the hand, extending from the bases of the fingers to the wrist. Any…
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Pallid
Very pale, an indefinite whitish color.
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Palisade
Fence-like, with a horizontal row of vertical shapes.
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Palinactinodromous
Compound actinodromous, with three or more prominent veins from near the base of the leaf running towards the margin (and reaching or not reaching it), and with these main veins again branching [unusual term].
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Paleola
A small palea.
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Paleaceous
Chaffy, chaff-like in texture; Covered with small erect weak scales.
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Palea (plural paleae)
(In Compositae/Asteraceae) one of the chaffy scales or thin often colourless bracts amongst the flowers on the receptacle; (In Gramineae/Poaceae) the inner of the two bracts enclosing the floret. The chaff of composite receptacles. A chaffy scale, in particular in Poaceae used for the inner of the two bracts enclosing a floret.
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