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Septa, septa, Septas
Septum The line of partition between the cells (locules) of a fruit.
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Biserrate, Biserrates, saw toothed, saw-toothed, Serrates, Serrulate, Serrulates, toothed edge
Serrate With a saw-toothed edge. Botanists use this feature to describe leaf shape, surface, edge, or arrangement, which helps with plant identification.
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Sessiles
Sessile Attached without a stalk. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Simples
Simple Not divided into leaflets. Botanists use this feature to describe leaf shape, surface, edge, or arrangement, which helps with plant identification.
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Sinuates, strongly wavy
Sinuate With a strongly wavy margin. In mushrooms, referring to a type of gill attachment, specifically gills that are notched at their point of attachment to the stipe (stem)
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Sinuses
Sinus The space between two lobes, segments, or divisions. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Solitaries
Solitary Occurring alone, not paired or clustered. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Sordids
Sordid Dull, dingy or muddy in color. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Spathes
Spathe A bract or leaf encasing a flower cluster. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form. Did you know? The colorful part of a peace lily is a spathe, a modified bract, not a true petal.
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Spathulate, spathulate, Spathulates, Spatulates
Spatulate Shaped like a spatula, with a rounded tapering blade. Botanists use this feature to describe leaf shape, surface, edge, or arrangement, which helps with plant identification.
