10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRORSE»
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retrorse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Mosquitoes of North America (north of Mexico)
175 Claspette filament angularly expanded near middle of the convex side; basal
lobe of basistyle conical. melanimon Dyar, p. 203 29 (26). Claspette filament with
a spinelike retrorse projection or barb on the convex side forming an acute ...
Stanley J. Carpenter, Walter J. LaCasse,
1974
2
The Criconematidae of the World: Identification of the ...
Juveniles similar to female, but with scalloped posterior edges on the retrorse
annuli. Described from Aldabra atoll in the western Indian ocean.
Mesocriconema brevistylus (Singh & Khera, 1976) Loof & De Grisse, 1989 (Fig.
Mesocriconema 9 ...
reclined antrorse retrorse . connlvent 15” - i \ descending reflexed erect pendant/
depressed pendulous FIGURE 9.56 Orientation. pressed closely to axis
downward, with divergence angle of 0 15 ° from lower axis. Other orientation
terms are ...
4
Biosystematic Monograph of the Genus Cucumis ...
The pubescence on stems, petioles, leaf blades, tendrils, and both flower and
fruit pedicels, is either antrorse-strigose or retrorse-strigose with hairs tightly
appressed in some specimens and mixed, loosely appressed and suberect hairs
in ...
Joseph H. Kirkbride,
1993
5
Flora of the Sydney Region
Hairs on stem retrorse or irregularly spreading or absent or in one species
loosely antrorse. Sepals glabrous or simple-pubescent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 7 7 Hairs on the stem mostly very short, retrorse. Leaves up to 15 mm long.
Belinda Jane Pellow, Murray James Henwood, Roger Charles Carolin,
2009
Prostrate, branched from base, the stems slender, 2-6 cm. long, retrorse-
pubescent; lvs. 2-4 cm. long, linear and entire, or broader and pinnately few-
lobed, the lobes linear, remote; bracts pinnate, often proliferated, ciliate-
membranous below; ...
Philip Alexander Munz,
1973
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The Genus Galium (Rubiaceae) in Mexico and Central America
Climbing perennial herb, the stems 1-9 dm long; stems and leaves set with
retrorse aculeolate hairs; leaves mostly 6(5-12) at a node, 1-nerved, linear to
broadly oblanceolate, commonly 1-2 cm long; glandular cells none; flowers
perfect, ...
Lauramay T. Dempster,
1978
8
Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae
Stems several-many, ascending from decumbent base, usually un- branched,
slender, 10-40(-70) cm, with short, fine, dense, retrorse or curled grayish white
hairs, rarely subglabrous, typically not glandular but occasionally somewhat ...
Flora of North America Editorial Committee,
2003
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Flowering Plants: Smartweeds to Hazelnuts
Stems retrorse prickly. 2. Leaves hastate or sagittate; plants scandent _ _
Tracaulon 2. Leaves tapering to base; plants not scandent _ Persicaria 1 . Stems
not retrorse prickly. 3. Stems twining or trailing, neither erect nor prostrate _ _
Fallopia 3 ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Paul M. Thomson,
2009
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Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Bignonias to Sunflowers
... awns 2, retrorse-hispid, 5 mm. long or less. Moist places and roadsides;
Quebec southward to North Carolina and Missouri and westward to Washington,
Oregon, and in California in the Sacramento Valley, where it apparently is
introduced; ...
Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, LeRoy Abrams,
1960
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRORSE»
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retrorse is used in the context of the following news items.
Dueling teens declared spelling bee co-champs
Yesterday, he correctly spelled retrorse, which means to bend backward or downward, and pneumatocyst, a submerged or exposed root. Getting to the bee, ... «Columbus Dispatch, May 14»
Three Ohioans still standing in national spelling bee
But Max Danner, 14, of Lewis Center, near Columbus, successfully spelled "retrorse." Definition: bent backward. Joseph Cusi Delamerced , 14, of Cincinnati, ... «The Plain Dealer, May 14»
How to grow
The razor-sharp leaves can shred the hands thanks to the retrorse spines that allow you to put your hand in, but grip it on the way out. (Cortar is Spanish for cut.) ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 08»