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Flowers

Of or realting to the reproductive part of a flowering plant. The flower facilitates the unification of sperm and eggs. Also, flowers are used by humans as decoration, romance, ritual, religion, medicine, and food source.

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tuber

Biology; Flowers

An underground stem which has been modified for storage of nutrients, such as a potato.

turgor pressure

Plants; Flowers

Force exerted outward on a cell wall by the water contained in the cell. This force gives the plant rigidity, and may help to keep it erect.

vegetative growth

Plants; Flowers

Growth of a plant by division of cells, without sexual reproduction.

venation

Biology; Flowers

The arrangement and pattern of veins in a leaf.

whorl

Plants; Flowers

An arrangement of appendages, such as branches or leaves, such that all are equally spaced around the stem at the same point, much like the spokes of a wheel or the ribs of an umbrella.

xylem

Plants; Flowers

Water-conducting tissue of vascular plants.

phytomelanin

Plants; Flowers

A papery "sooty" black layer over the seed of plants in the Asparagales, which includes agaves, aloes, onions and hyacinths.

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