plants having seeds in a closed ovary
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Garden plant
any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden
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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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bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.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: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leav…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and sala…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, plants, grown, flower, herb.A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.
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