scapiform

American

[skay-pi-fawrm, ska-pi-fawrm] / ˈskeɪ pɪˌfɔrm, ˈskæ pɪˌfɔrm /

adjective

Botany. like a scape in form; being a leafless stem or stalk.

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Achenes top-shaped, 5-costate, villous; pappus of 5–10 long thin scales, awn-tipped by the excurrent nerve.—Erect herbs with alternate leaves and large showy heads of yellow or purplish fragrant flowers on terminal or scapiform peduncles.

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