- In botany,
areoles are
small light- to dark-colored
bumps on
cacti out of
which grow
clusters of spines.
Areoles are
important diagnostic features of...
- areola or
areole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
areola is a
small colored area of skin,
usually around the
nipple Areola or
areole (Latin for...
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structures called areoles, a kind of
highly reduced branch.
Areoles are an
identifying feature of cacti. As well as spines,
areoles give rise to flowers...
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areoles to
almost as wide as the
areole.: 220 They can be
pointlike to round,
polygonal to
stellate radiating fissures, and one to many per
areole....
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retain stomata. The
areoles of
Rhodocactus species can form "brachyblasts",
called "spur shoots" by Beat Leuenberger. The
areole initially forms in the...
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featuring colours from dull pink to dull brown, with small, dis****d, flat
areoles that are
irregularly shaped and
occasionally dissected by cracks, displaying...
- with a
diameter of 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) and
usually 6–8 ribs. The
whitish areoles may
produce up to
seven yellow to
brown spines, each up to 2 cm (0.8 in)...
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resemble leaf-like pads
joined one to the
other and
flowers which appear from
areoles at the
joints and tips of the stems. Two
species have
cylindrical stems...
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found in
areoles of Opuntia). The
spines of
Fouquieria splendens develop from the leaf petioles. Sti****
spines on Vac****ia xanthophloea.
Areoles and spines...
- same six
cuticular structures of
areoles on the surface, the
significantly longer filaments on the
female crowned areoles.
Female horsehair appears to have...
