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A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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convection

Biology; Ecology

Vertical heat transfer, as in a convection current.

invertebrate

Biology; Ecology

An animal without a backbone. Contrast Vertebrate.

firn

Biology; Ecology

Snow compacted into glacier ice (firnification).

forest outlier

Biology; Ecology

A patch of forest separated from the main body.

macrophyte

Biology; Ecology

A plant too large to be considered microscopic.

sepal

Biology; Ecology

The bud-protecting leaf structures of a flower.

understock

Biology; Ecology

The segment of plant to which a graft is joined.