plants having seeds in a closed ovary
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Figwort
A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.
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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 malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-side…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbaceous, plants, scrophularia, mostly.
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