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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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inflorescence

Plants; Flowers

The arrangement of flowers on the stem. Basically, a flower head.

bract

Plants; Flowers

A modified leaf, sometimes colored and sometimes mistaken for a petal. Examples of house plants with showy bracts are Poinsettia, Aphelandra, and Bougainvillea.

fiber

Plants; Flowers

1. A slender, thread-like structure of organ tissue. 2. In the diet, strands of complex carbohydrates (cellulose) that aren't digestible.

ovary

Plants; Flowers

The female sex gland that contains ova, or eggs.

shoot

Plants; Flowers

Blast.

plicate

Plants; Flowers

Having the surface thrown up into or marked with parallel ridges, being folded or pleated.

venation

Plants; Flowers

The arrangement of veins in the wings of insects.

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