Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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saintpaulia

Plants; Plants

Genus of about 20 species of low-growing, evergreen perennials found on banks, streamsides, on among rocks, or as epiphytes on trees in a very small area of tropical E. Africa. ...

ruellia

Plants; Plants

Genus of about 150 species of evergreen perennials and soft-stemmed or woody shrubs and subshrubs from tropical America, warm parts of North America, and Africa and Asia. The ...

rosa

Plants; Plants

Genus of about 150 species of semi-evergreen or deciduous shrubs and perennial climbers, found in a variety of habitats in Asia, Europe, N. Africa, and North America. Miniature ...

rochea

Plants; Plants

Genus of 4 species of evergreen succulents from South Africa. Rochea (Crassula) grow best in high light but some tolerate lower light intensity. A well-drained soil is essential. ...

rivina

Plants; Plants

Genus of 3 species from Southern US and tropical America. Rivina Humilis is herbaceous plant to 4 feet, sometimes woody at base; leaves ovate to oblong, thin, to 4 inches long, ...

rhoicissus

Plants; Plants

Genus of about 12 species of evergreen trees and woody-stemmed tendril climbers or scramblers from understory in forest and woodland in tropical Africa and South Africa.

achene

Plants; Plants

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit with a single locule and a single seed (ovule), and with the seed attached to the ovary wall at a single point, as in the sunflower.