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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Ceylon ironwood

Plants; Trees

The national tree of Sri Lanka, the Ceylon ironwood (or the Mesua ferrea) can reach up to 100 feet tall, and has very heavy timber. It has simple, narrow, oblong, dark green ...

ghanera

Plants; Trees

Small tree, 3-8 m tall, with smooth, grey, wrinkled bark, about 5 mm thick. Branchlets are slightly angled, corky, with prominent leaf scars.

Indian tulip

Plants; Trees

A fast-growing, evergreen tree which can reach a height of 40 feet, and has heart shaped leaves and the cup shaped white-yellow flowers.

rainbow eucalyptus

Plants; Trees

The rainbow eucalyptus, or the eucalyptus deglupta, is a tall tree belonging to the eucalyptus species that is found in countries such as Papua New Guinea and parts of Indonesia. ...

widdy

Plants; Trees

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch. A rope of osiers. Can also be used as a synonym to a "hangman's noose."

giant sequoia

Plants; Trees

Giant sequoia is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron. They are the world's largest trees in terms of total volume. They grow to an average height of 50–85 metres ...