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porose

ADJECTIVE
permeable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
inpenetrable unpermeable


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Thallus dichotomous, copiously reticulate and porose, with a narrow costa; gemmæ none.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Thallus large, forking, areolate, porose, with broad diffused midrib; gemmæ in a cup-shaped receptacle.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

M. polymórpha, L. Thallus 2–5´ long, ½–1½´ wide, numerously porose, venulose; receptacle divided into usually 9 terete rays; peduncles 1–3´ high; antheridial disk crenately or palmately 2–8-lobed, on a peduncle 1´ high or less.—Everywhere common.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Thallus oblong with rounded lobes, distinctly areolate and porose, with imbricate sublunate scales beneath; gemmæ in crescent-shaped receptacles.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Epidermis usually more or less distinct and strongly porose above.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray


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