- 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...
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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...
- 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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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....
- ribs,
typically six to eight,
occasionally five or nine. The
circular areoles are 6 mm (0.2 in) across, grey or dark brown, with needle-like spines,...
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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...
- Echinocactus. However, both
Pereskia and
Echinocactus have
spines produced from
areoles (highly
specialised pad-like structures)
suggesting that the two genera...
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called "
areoles", then
occur at the ends of the
segments of the stem. In two
species the
stems are less flattened, more cylinder-shaped, and the
areoles are...
- its
overall morphology,
close examination shows spines developing from
areoles, and the
distinctive floral cup of the
cactus family. The four species...
- areolate,
comprising small, dis****d, flat
areoles and
minute apothecia that are
immersed in the thallus. The
areoles,
measuring 0.4–0.7 mm wide and 120–150 μm...
