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  2. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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    whole leaf: Having the form of a thong or strap lyrate: lyratus: whole leaf: Shaped like a lyre, pinnately lobed leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes. See also List of lyrate plants. mucronate: mucronatus: leaf tip: Ending abruptly in a small sharp point as a continuation of the midrib [4] multifid: multi + findere ...

  3. List of diminutives by language - Wikipedia

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    In case of adjectives the use of diminutive form is aimed to intensify the effect of diminutive form of a noun. Diminutive forms of adverbs are used to express either benevolence in the speech or on the contrary to express superciliousness, depending on the inflection of a whole phrase. Some diminutives of proper names, among many others: Feminine

  4. Diminutive - Wikipedia

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    In many languages, diminutives are word forms that are formed from the root word by affixation. In most languages, diminutives can also be formed as multi-word constructions such as "Tiny Tim", or "Little Dorrit". In most languages that form diminutives by affixation, this is a productive part of the language. [1]

  5. Glossary of mycology - Wikipedia

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    Catenulate is the diminutive form for small chains. ... Leaf-like in form. 2. Of lichens, ... A small drop or drop-like particle, especially oil-like globules in a ...

  6. Drop (liquid) - Wikipedia

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    Water drops on a leaf A water drop falling from a tap. A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces.A drop may form when liquid accumulates at the end of a tube or other surface boundary, producing a hanging drop called a pendant drop.

  7. Tropaeolum majus - Wikipedia

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    It is a fast-growing plant, with trailing stems growing to 0.9–1.8 m (3–6 ft). The leaves are large, nearly circular, 3 to 15 cm (1 to 6 in) in diameter, green to glaucous green above, paler below; they are peltate, with the 5–30-cm-long petiole near the middle of the leaf, with several veins radiating to the smoothly rounded or slightly lobed margin.

  8. 270 Reasons Women Choose Not To Have Children - The ...

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    The number of childfree women is at a record high: 48 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 44 don’t have kids, according to 2014 Census numbers. The Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree.

  9. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid Forked; cut in two for about half its length. Compare trifid. bifoliate (of a compound leaf) Having precisely two leaflet s, usually in a symmetrical pair, e.g. a leaf of Colophospermum mopane.