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Flagelliflorous
With flowers and fruit among the leaf litter, on slender shoots coming from a tree trunk (as, for example, in some Annonaceae and Flacourtiaceae).
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Flagellate
Whip-like: long, tapering and supple. A type of parasitic protozoan which uses whip-like hairs to swim, e.g. Leishmania. A type of protozoan with one or more fine whip-like threads (flagella) projecting from its body surface, by means of which it is able to swim. Some flagellates are parasites of man and are therefore of medical…
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Flaccid
Limp, drooping. Deficient in firmness. Limp, soft, weak, or flabby (e.g., a muscle). Having poor or absent muscle tone. Relaxed or lacking in stiffness. Used to describe muscles that are not contracting (or following denervation), and organs for example, the penis that are lying loose, empty, or with wrinkles. Describing a muscle’s condition with reduced…
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Flabelliform
Fan-shaped.
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Flabellate
Fan-shaped.
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Fistulose, fistulous
Cylindrical, hollow, long, round and closed at both ends; fistulous is the more common spelling.
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Fistular
(Of stems) cylindrical and hollow.
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Fissuring
Splitting so as to cause deep longitudinal cracks.
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Fissured
Cracked with deep splits (usually used of bark). With many fissures or furrows, occurring on trees with persistent bark and caused by the growth in diameter of the underlying wood, resulting in stretching of the bark layer. Each tree species has its characteristic pattern of bark behaviour.
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Fssure
Deep and narrow split.
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