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gum, colloidal plant substance
(Encyclopedia) gum, term commonly applied to any of a wide variety of colloidal substances somewhat similar in appearance and general characteristics, exuded by or extracted from plants. In this…Equisetophyta
(Encyclopedia) EquisetophytaEquisetophytaĕkˌwəsətŏfˈətə [key], small division of the plant kingdom consisting of the plants commonly called horsetails and scouring rushes. Equisetum, the only living…propagation of plants
(Encyclopedia) propagation of plants is effected in nature chiefly sexually by the seed and the spore, less often by rhizomes and other methods (see reproduction). Vegetative means include cutting,…trailing arbutus
(Encyclopedia) trailing arbutus,&sp;Mayflower, or ground laurel, one of the best-loved American wildflowers, said by Whittier to have been the first blossom seen on these shores by the Pilgrims (…root, in botany
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Longitudinal cross section of a root root, in botany, the descending axis of a plant, as contrasted with the stem, the ascending axis. In most plants the root is underground,…rosinweed
(Encyclopedia) rosinweed: see compass plant.saponin
(Encyclopedia) saponin: see soap plant.amole
(Encyclopedia) amole: see soap plant.soapbark tree
(Encyclopedia) soapbark tree: see soap plant.baneberry
(Encyclopedia) baneberry, any plant of the small genus Actaea, north temperate perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) sometimes cultivated for the handsome (though poisonous)…Trending
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