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Apheliotropism :: Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Leguminous :: Leguminous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas..

Guttifer :: Guttifer (n.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.

Air Plant :: Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.

Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

Meliaceous :: Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Utricular :: Utricular (a.) Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant..

Campanula :: Campanula (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower..

Bast :: Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom..

Trigynia :: Trigynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.

Erica :: Erica (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers..

Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus..

Budding :: Budding (n.) The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

Turf :: Turf (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod..

Musaceous :: Musaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa..

Peppermint :: Peppermint (n.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery..

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants..

Heterotaxy :: Heterotaxy (n.) Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement..

Determination :: Determination (n.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells..

Reimplant :: Reimplant (v. t.) To implant again.

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