A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
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Adventitious root
root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem
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Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collecti…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.Same as Callosity
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.The covering of a flower. See Flower.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.Long ago.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speec…
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A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.The act of differentiating.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bitter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medici…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, growing, unusual, location, stem.
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