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Seeds

Seed surface

Features derived from epidermal outgrowths or excrescences, exclusive of trichome (hairy) cover types.

alveolate	Honey-combed.
asperous	Having a rough surface.
bullate	Puckered or blistered.
canaliculate	Longitudinally grooved, usually in relation to petioles or midribs.
cancellate	Latticed.
channeled	With a longitudinal groove.
coriaceous	Thick and leathery.
corrugated	Ridged.
fluted	Fluted, longitudinally folded.
foveolate (pitted)	Pitted.
glaucescent	Sparingly or slightly glaucous.
glaucous	Covered with a bloom or smooth, waxy coating.
glutinous	Having a shiny, sticky surface.
lepidote	Covered with minute scales.
lustrous	Lustrous, polished.
mealy	Mealy.
muricate	Covered with short, hard protuberances.
muriculate	Minutely muricate.
paleaceous	With small membranous scales, chaffy.
pruinose	With a heavy wax coat.
pulverulent	Covered with fine, powdery wax granules.
rugose	Covered with coarse reticulate lines.
rugulose	Slightly wrinkled.
ruminate	Coarsely wrinkled, appearing as chewed.
scabidrulous	Minutely scabrous.
scabrid	Having a harsh surface.
scurfy	With exfoliating scaly incrustations.
sericeous	With long, silky trichomes (hairs), usually appressed.
setose	Having setae or bristlelike trichomes (hairs).
smooth	Smooth; devoid of trichomes (hairs).
striate	With longitudinal lines.
sulcate	With longitudinal grooves.
tesselate	Color arranged in small squares, so as to have some resemblance to a checkered pavement.
verrucose	Warty.
viscid	Sticky or glutinous.