plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.Bladder fern
any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
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(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…
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.(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
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stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slig…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, cystopteris, characterized, hooded.Explore Academic Dictionary
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