a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
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families of ferns and fern allies
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family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.genera of ferns and fern allies
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.includes lichen families
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.includes lichen genera
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.the order of fungi
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.a genus of gymnosperms
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.a family of mosses
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.a genus of mosses
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.a family of plants
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Taxonomy systematics.a genus of plants
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The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their pre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares agai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed G…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: families, ferns, fern, allies.a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern.
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