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Orbiculate

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Orbicular 92% connected

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

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Aestivation noun · 78% connection

(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

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Annual noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apogamy noun · 78% connection

(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte…

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(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

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Bast noun · 78% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 78% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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Coma noun · 78% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Cork noun · 78% connection

(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

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Corolla noun · 78% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Division noun · 78% connection

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

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Embryo noun · 78% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Germ tube noun · 78% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Amphitheatre noun · 78% connection

An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.

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Arbor vitae unknown · 78% connection

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

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Barn noun · 78% connection

(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encoun…

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Basin noun · 78% connection

A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or tr…

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Bull's-eye noun · 78% connection

A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Contour noun · 78% connection

The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.

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Cylinder noun · 78% connection

A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the…

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Cyma recta noun · 78% connection

a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex

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Declination noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or betw…

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Drip noun · 78% connection

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw of…

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