Meanings
- not comparableNot ciliate.
[…] broad, equitant, of upper long, strongly compressed, mouth not auricled, ligule a very short eciliate membrane; spike up to 6 in. long […]
1900, Henry Trimen, A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon, Dulau & Company, →OCLC, page 2203 more examples
The character ciliate (with multicellular hairs) versus eciliate upper calyx teeth has been commonly used as a primary taxonomic criterion, since it was proposed by Klokov & Shostenko (1927; 1932: 524 - 525) […]
1973, Jaakko Jalas, “Thymus subsect. Pseudomarginati in the Himalayas and adjoining western mountain ranges, and in Caucasia”, in Annales Botanici Fennici, volume 10, number 2, page 104The very rough leaves, uniformly chocolate-colored bark (when viewed crosssectionally), very mucilaginous, gluelike, and aromatic inner bark, wingless twigs, and eciliate fruits are distinctive.
2002, William Carey Grimm, Illustrated Book of Trees … of Eastern North America, Stackpole Books, →ISBNLeaves distichous; sheaths usually non-auriculate; external ligule usually absent, rarely present as a line of hairs: ligule a ciliate or less commonly eciliate membrane or a row of hairs: blade relatively narrow, without pseudopetioles, […]
2005, Australian Biological Resources Study, Poaceae 3, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 187
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