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Ovate
Plants; Botany

Shaped like a section through the long axis of an egg, and attached by the wider end. Cf. Ovoid.

Oblanceolate
Plants; Botany

Similar in shape to lanceolate but attached at the narrower end.

Muricate
Plants; Botany

Rough on the surface due to minute, hard outgrowths of the epidermis.

Involute
Plants; Botany

Rolled inwards; of a leaf, with the margins rolled towards the adaxial surface.

Arborescent
Plants; Botany

Resembling a tree (applied to non-woody plants attaining tree height and to shrubs tending to become tree-like in size). Cf. Dendroid.

Distal
Plants; Botany

Remote from the point of origin or attachment. Cf. Proximal.

Vestigial
Plants; Botany

Reduced from the ancestral condition and no longer functional. Cf. Obsolete, rudimentary.

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