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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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apiculate

Biology; Botany

terminating in a short sharp flexible point; less abrupt than mucronate.

apomixis

Biology; Botany

reproduction, where viable seed or spores are produced without fertilization. A plant produced in this way is an apomict.

moss

Plants; Botany

A kind of small green plant that grows in clusters in moist, shady areas, usually on the ground, on rocks, or on tree trunks.

amphitropous

Biology; Botany

when the ovule is bent so that both ends are near each other

amplexicaul

Biology; Botany

with the base dilated and clasping the stem, usually of leaves.

anastomosing

Biology; Botany

when veins are joined by cross-veins to form a network.

anatropous

Biology; Botany

when an ovule is inverted so that the micropyle faces the placenta (this is the most common ovule orientation in flowering plants)

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