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dioecious plant
(Encyclopedia) dioecious plantdioecious plantdīēˈshəs [key], plant in which the male and female reproductive structures are found in different individuals, as distinct from a monoecious plant (see…deciduous plant
(Encyclopedia) deciduous plant: see tree.climbing plant
(Encyclopedia) climbing plant, any plant that in growing to its full height requires some support. Climbing plants may clamber over a support (climbing rose), twine up a slender support (hop,…herbaceous plant
(Encyclopedia) herbaceous plantherbaceous planthûrbāˈshəs [key], plant whose stem is soft and green and shows little growth of wood. The term is used to distinguish such plants from woody plants.…woody plant
(Encyclopedia) woody plant: see herbaceous plant.century plant
(Encyclopedia) century plant: see amaryllis.air plant
(Encyclopedia) air plant: see epiphyte.waterwheel, plant
(Encyclopedia) waterwheel, plant: see Venus's-flytrap.wax plant
(Encyclopedia) wax plant: see milkweed.Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Sensitive Plant
by Percy Bysshe Shelley A Vision of the SeaThe Sensitive PlantComposed at Pisa, early in 1820 (dated 'March, 1820,' in Harvard manuscript), and published, with "Prometheus Unbound", the same…