plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.Gold fern
fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
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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, west, indies, south, america.agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.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, west, indies, south, america.fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds abou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South Ameri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fern, west, indies, south, america.Explore Academic Dictionary
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