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reniform

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reniform [′rēn·ə‚fȯrm]
(science and technology)
Bean- or kidney-shaped, as describing the structure of a crystal in which rounded masses occur at the ends of radiating crystals, or certain structures in animals and plants.


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3 mm wide, linear, firmly membranaceous, margins entire; spores reniform, monolete, with a few large and broad anastomosing ridges.
CT findings of XGP include an enlarged kidney with a reniform shape, poor or absent excretion of contrast media, and replacement of renal parenchyma with multiple low-density fluid-filled areas arranged in a hydro nephrotic pattern.
DRYOPTERIDACEAE Herter Rhizomes long, creeping; fronds monomorphic or dimorphic; blades pinnatifid to bibinnate; sori mostly abaxial, medial to marginal; sproangia stalked; spores oblong or reniform.
 
 
 
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