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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leaf margins

Plants; Horticulture

There are three types of leaf margins; entire, toothed and lobed. The entire margins are the smooth and unindented blade edges. The toothed margins are indented as saw teeth. ...

leaf size

Plants; Horticulture

Leaves may vary in length from a fraction of an inch to over fifty feet. Their width may range from a fraction of an inch to over 24 inches.

leaf shape

Plants; Horticulture

In shape, leaf blades vary from long narrow blades, such as grass blades, to round or circular forms. There are many variations between these extremes in shape.

legumes

Plants; Horticulture

Plants of the family Leguminosae characterized botanically by fruit called a legume or pod that opens along two sutures when ripe. Some samples of legumes are alfalfa, soybeans, ...

leucoplast

Plants; Horticulture

The colorless food-producing plastids are called leucoplasts. They collect sugars and transform them into starches. They are abundant in roots, tubers and similar storage ...