plants having seeds in a closed ovary
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Chain fern
a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
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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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A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.a fern of the genus Schaffneria
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.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, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.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, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.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, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, genus, woodwardia, sori, chainlike.
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