unbranched


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unbranched

(ʌnˈbrɑːntʃt)
adj
1. (Biology) not having branches; not branching
2. (Botany) botany archaic not having its branches removed; retaining its branches
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Adj.1.unbranched - without branchesunbranched - without branches; "a tree with an unbranched trunk"
branchless - having no branches
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An elegant plant with pinnate, hairy leaves on an unbranched stem terminating in racemes of bright yellow, star-shaped flowers that produce the burrs that attach to passing animals.
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stolonifer revealed its hyphae to be very complex, branched, multi-nucleated and lack segmentation, presence of well-developed rhizoids, unbranched sporangium supported by stalk and zygospore's formation further helped in identification of the fungus.
(2010) from Balkan peninsula and they found glandular (peltate, unicellular capitate, multicellular capitate), and non-glandular (unicellular unbranched, multicellular unbranched) trichomes on the leaves of this species.
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wrightii specimens from Bahia de Jiquilisco align with diagnostic features previously reported for the species (e.g., Phillips & Menez, 1988; Creed et al., 2016): slender, creeping rhizomes 0.5-1.1 mm in diameter and stolons with internodes 5.0-15.5 mm long; each node produces 2- 5 unbranched roots 1-5 cm long and 2-3 leaf-blades 3- 20 cm long and 0.3-0.9 mm wide; leaf-blades arise from a translucent leaf sheath with blade apex bidentate measuring 0.01-0.03 mm between lateral teeth.