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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rhapis

Plants; General plants

Genus of 12 species of small, cluster-stemmed palms found in shady tropical and subtropical forest from S. China to S.E.Asia. Rhapis (Little Lady Palm) is best choise for small ...

rhoeo

Plants; General plants

Genus of one species from Mexico, Central America, and Florida. Rhoeo is a foliage plant. The short stems bears fleshy, lance-shaped leaves. Their colouring is unusual - glossy ...

congregation of Cluny

Religion; General plants

The earliest reform, which became practically a distinct order, within the Benedictine family. It originated at Cluny, a town in Saone-et-Loire, fifteen miles north-west of Macon.

confraternity

Religion; General plants

A confraternity or sodality is a voluntary association of the faithful, established and guided by competent ecclesiastical authority for the promotion of special works of ...

liriope

Plants; General plants

Genus of 5-6 species of tufted, rhizomatous and tuberous, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennials, found in usually acidic woodland habitats in China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan. ...

livistona

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 28 species of single-stemmed palms, found in habitats ranging from streambanks and swamps to woodland, rainforest, and inland gorges, in the warmer parts of Asia ...

lycaste

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 45 species of deciduous, epiphytic or terrestrial orchids found in cloud forest in Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies. They produce robust, ...