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  • E.descr., ex descriptione

    From the description, according to the description.  

  • E-

    Prefix meaning without or missing.  

  • Dye

    Colouring substance extracted from plants, minerals or animals. Any substance that is of itself colored or that is used to impart color to another material, such as a thin slice of tissue prepared for microscopic examination. Dyes may also be employed in manufacturing test reagents used in medical laboratories.  

  • Dyad

    In palms, a pair of flowers; Of pollen, a pair of coherent pollen grains shed as a unit. A two-person relationship, such as the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient in individual psychotherapy. In sociology, a two-person group. A pair, or two people in an interaction; often used to describe a mother-and-newborn interaction.  

  • Dwarf

    Of small size when compared to its nearest relatives. Low in stature. Any condition in which a person has abnormally short stature.  

  • Dusky

    Dusky

    Dark-coloured.  

  • Duplicate

    Double; Twin;   Folded twice; Multiple specimens from a single herbarium gathering, irrespective of whether the source was one plant or more than one.  

  • Duplex

    (Of hairs) eglandular hairs found on achenes of Compositae/Asteraceae, each hair composed of two parallel cells, such hairs are also called twin hairs or Zwillingshaare in German. The double-helical structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). (Of tissues in polypores and tooth fungi) A soft layer above or below a hard or firm layer.  

  • Duct

    An elongated tube. A tube through which body fluids pass. Any tube that conveys the secretion of any gland from one point to another. A tube which carries liquids, especially one which carries secretions. Tubelike channel for carrying fluids or other materials from one organ or part to another (e.g., the bile duct, which carries…

  • Drupelet

    In multiple fruits, the single constituent drupes.  

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