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ancient pine |
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small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine |
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agamete |
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an asexual reproductive cell |
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amabilis fir |
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medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers |
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amboina pine |
Noun
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native to the Moluccas and Philippines |
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amboyna pine |
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native to the Moluccas and Philippines |
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angiospermous yellowwood |
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any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood |
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arborvitae |
Noun
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any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis |
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alpine totara |
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low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains |
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araucaria family |
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tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves |
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araucaria |
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any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds |
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apetalous flower |
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flower having no petals |
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ament |
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a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence |
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archespore |
Noun
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primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops |
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archesporium |
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primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops |
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anther |
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the part of the stamen that contains pollen |
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archegonium |
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a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms |
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amphitropous ovule |
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a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk |
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anatropous ovule |
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a completely inverted ovule turned back 180 degrees on its stalk |
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apical placentation |
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where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary |
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axile placentation |
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ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa |
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angiosperm |
Noun
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plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
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angiocarp |
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tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk |
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avocado tree |
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tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits |
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anise tree |
Noun
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any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium |
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aquilegia |
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a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers |
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aquilege |
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a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers |
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aconite |
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any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers |
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allamanda |
Noun
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a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes |
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action plant |
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prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia |
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acacia |
Noun
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any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia |
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arariba |
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Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood |
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amatungulu |
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very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves |
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algarroba |
Noun
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mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela |
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algarroba |
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mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing |
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algarroba |
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evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods |
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algarroba |
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long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp |
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algarrobilla |
Noun
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mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing |
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algarobilla |
Noun
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mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing |
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albizzia |
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any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia |
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albizia |
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any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia |
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alpine clover |
Noun
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European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers |
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anthurium |
Noun
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any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers |
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arum lily |
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South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix |
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arum family |
Noun
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anthurium |
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arum |
Noun
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any plant of the family Araceae |
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arum |
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starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root |
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aralia |
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any of various plants of the genus Aralia |
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alocasia |
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any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries |
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amorphophallus |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Amorphophallus |
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amaranth family |
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cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs |