Search results for "Seed plant" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. In ... a part of a germinating seedling of a seed plant. As the plant embryo grows ...
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  • seeds), simple, dry fruit, whereby the plant's ovary wall becomes ... culinary terms to refer to any edible seed that is surrounded by a hard ...
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  • in shape, rind color, fruit size, type of seed, and color of flesh. ... commonly known as the "Cultivated Plant Code") states that a ...
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  • with seeds—of a flowering plant. In angiosperms (flowering ... the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. Botanical terminology ...
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  • a traditional (but paraphyletic) flowering plant group whose seed typically ... two groups in the seed plants. The other seed plant group is gymnosperms, in ...
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  • Natural fibers may be obtained from plant, animal, and mineral sources ... * Seed fiber: These are fibers collected from seeds or seed cases ...
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  • Parsnip is a hardy, biennial, strongly-scented plant (Pastinaca sativa ... Pastinaca sativa is an biennial plant that is strongly-scented and ...
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  • which maintains cell turgor and keeps the plant rigid. They lack flagella ... carries organic solutes throughout the plant. Vascular plants include ...
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  • develops within the confines of an egg. For seed plants, an embryo develops ... In botany, a seed plant embryo is part of a seed, consisting of precursor ...
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  • chestnut) is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ... The peanut plant is an annual herbaceous plant (a plant grown for ...
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  • generally underground stem of certain seed plants, in which the typical ... serving as genetic clones of the parent plant (Katz and Weaver 2003). ...
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  • known as Filicophyta. A fern is a vascular plant that differs from the more ... Like the sporophytes of seed plants, those of ferns consist of: ...
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  • produced from the seeds. The Guarana plant is native to the Amazon basin ... a defense mechanism, helping to repel plant pathogens of the fruit and ...
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  • of 13 or 14 division-level taxa within the Plant Kingdom (Plantae). They are ... two narrow wings, one down each side of the seed; rarely (e.g., Actinostrobus ...
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  • Pea refers to the plant Pisum sativum, as well as its small, edible ... The pea plant is an annual herb and can be a bush or vine depending ...
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  • Weed is a term for any plant growing in a setting where it is not ... the soil. They also can harbor and spread plant pathogens that can infect ...
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  • to the edible, immature flower head of this plant, including the base, which ... these two species, the edible part of the plant is the tuberous root, whereas ...
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  • common name for a small, herbaceous annual plant, Cuminum cyminum, in the ... pungent flavor and odor, cumin, whether in seed or ground forms, is a staple ...
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  • oldest verified age for any angiosperm (flowering plant). ... fig fruit would be one of the many mature, seed-bearing flowers found inside ...
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  • rapa var, rapa (Brassica rapa rapa). This plant is grown in temperate climates ... , and seeds (many, including mustard seed, oilseed rape). Some forms ...
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  • with the first appearance of amphibians, seed-bearing plants, sharks, lobe ... to colonize terrestrial habitats as the seed-bearing plants spread across ...
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  • of the genus Helianthus of the flowering plant family Asteraceae (known ... and squirrels. For humans, all parts of the plant are used. The seeds of the ...
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  • root. Parsley belongs to the flowering plant family Apiaceae, which also ... to the delight of nature for humans, the plant also is nutritious, providing ...
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  • Natural fibers include those derived from plant, animal, and mineral ... Plant fibers may be derived from fiber crops (such as cotton), trees ...
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  • "nut," which is really a greenish seed with a hard shell, enclosed ... The pistachio plant has been known and appreciated for centuries as ...
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  • Boysenberry is the common name for a hybrid plant of the blackberry/raspberry ... pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop ...
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  • the genus Tulipa of the flowering plant family Liliaceae. The term ... that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant. ...
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  • As conifers (division Pinophyta), larches are cone-bearing seed plants ... in the others, short and hidden between the seed scales. Those native to northern ...
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  • the Papaver genus in the flowering plant family Papaveraceae, characterized ... a goat, should persist in grazing on this plant, not only will the animal ...
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  • to pull implements that till the ground, plant seed, or perform a number ... planted by drills, which put out much more seed in rows less than a foot apart ...
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  • Radish is the common name for herbaceous plant, Raphanus sativus, ... Radishes belong to the flowering plant family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae ...
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  • of 13 or 14 division-level taxa within the Plant Kingdom (Plantae). They are ... Conifers are gymnosperms, along with three much smaller plant divisions: ...
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  • Spinach is an annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, of the flowering plant ... is exaggerated due to the fact that the plant contains oxalic acid that ...
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  • and small trees comprising the flowering plant genus Corylus, native to ... seeds), simple, dry fruit, whereby the plant's ovary wall becomes ...
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  • Raspberry or red raspberry is the common term for the plant Rubus ... Rubus is a genus of plant in the family Rosaceae. Rosaceae is one ...
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  • In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically ... function in absorbing nutrients for the plant, with the human digestive ...
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  • In plant physiology, dormancy is a period of arrested plant growth ... Plant species that exhibit dormancy have a biological clock that tells ...
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  • values. Native Americas have used the plant medicinally, with a tea made ... " Ambrosia is a monoecious plant: it produces separate male ...
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  • pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop ... quot;) with a relatively large hard coated seed (a "stone"). Leaves ...
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  • Acorn is the fruit (a nut) of the oak tree (the flowering plant genus Quercus of the beech family Fagaceae). The acorn contains a single seed ...
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  • name for a bulbous, fragrant, herbaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, which ... The chive is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing to ...
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  • taxon of deciduous shrubs in the flowering plant family Oleaceae (olive family ... The beautiful yellow flowers of forsythia not only serve the plant ...
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  • Watermelon refers to both the edible fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...
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  • due to its prevalence as one of the major plant species in peat bogs. As ... arranged in three ranks, all point to the plant being a moss. ...
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  • scent, flavor, or essence of the plant. This large and diverse class ... For the plant, essential oils are thought to be vital for the life ...
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  • The entire plant, including the milky white sap, is toxic, and any ... used in warmer climates as an ornamental plant in landscapes, parks, and ...
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  • Angiosperms comprise one of the two groups in the seed plants, the ... (receptacle) and σπερμα (seed), was coined in the form Angiospermae ...
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  • Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao ... While the seed of the cocao tree is important for the plant's ...
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  • or synthetic organic (carbon-containing) plant growth substances (often ... many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. In addition to ...
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  • As characteristic of the plant family, the hickory fruit is a true ... The hickory plants themselves are used as a food plant by the larvae ...
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  • wonder in that it grows from a seed to a seven meter (20 foot), fruit-bearing tree in less than 18 months (Herbst 2001). The tree is usually ...
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  • Yams are members of the flowering plant genus Dioscorea. They are ... Most yam plants have small flowers with one plant having only male ...
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  • Many elements of the mint plant, which are so essential to the plant ... Lamiaceae (or Labiatae), the mint family, is the flowering plant family ...
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  • joint, though some interpret goni to mean seed, and the name then would refer ... Horticultural Societies list of recognized plant names. ...
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  • one of the largest and most important plant families, which also includes ... covered by layers. It is an annual plant. === Genetics === ...
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  • flowers and small fruits with a single seed. The name also is used for ... processing; these saponins serve the plant by protecting it against ...
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  • the chemical derived from the cactus seed, and peyote in its natural ... == Plant == Peyote is a hardy plant; its natural growing range extends ...
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  • sexually. In the absence of this wasp, the plant is propagated by breaking ... diameter seeds are paired in samaras, each seed with a 20-40 millimeters long ...
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  • Beyond its own reproduction and development as a plant species, barley ... one of the largest and most important plant families, which also includes ...
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  • and one of the two major groups of seed plants, alongside the gymnosperms. The flower structure contains the plant's reproductive organs ...
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  • Eggplant is the common name for a perennial plant, Solanum melongena ... As a native plant, it is widely used in Indian cuisine, for example ...
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  • Cabbage is a herbaceous, dicotyledonous flowering plant with leaves ... Wild B. olearacea is a tall biennial plant, forming a stout rosette ...
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  • The pumpkin fruit and flowers, while advancing the plant's own ... (dioecious), or less common on the same plant (monoecious). The female ...
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  • Bean is a common name for edible plant seeds or seed pods of several members of the Legume family (Fabaceae, formerly Leguminosae) or the various ...
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  • awaited pregnancy, noticed some rapunzel plant (or, in some versions ... It is difficult to be certain which plant species the Brothers Grimm ...
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  • America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae and widely ... between avocados and people. The plant lacks a seed dispersal technique ...
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  • fig fruit would be one of the many mature, seed-bearing flowers found inside ... service, fig trees cannot reproduce by seed. In turn, the syconiums provide ...
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  • Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum ... quot;). It is a tender, fleshy perennial plant with an oregano-like flavor ...
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  • comprising the genus Morus of the flowering plant family Moraceae, characterized ... Unripe fruit and green parts of the plant have a white sap that is ...
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  • shaped, the hibiscus is popular as a garden plant and as a potted plant, while ... Malvaceae, the flowering plant family to which Hibiscus belongs, contains ...
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  • growth of the weed and are often based on plant hormones. Herbicides used ... one that inhibits the growth of most any type of plant. ...
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  • comprising the genus Salix of the flowering plant family Salicaceae, characterized ... an important source of timber and the plant has a long history of medicinal ...
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  • Nutmeg is produced from the dried, ripe, inner seed and mace from ... Inside the fruit, the seed of M. fragrans is roughly egg-shaped and ...
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  • Indiana, and Illinois. His strategy was to plant the seeds he obtained from ... He probably came up the Muskingum River to plant near the Refugee Tract, which ...
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  • to refer to any climbing or creeping plant, such as Boston ivy or Japanese ... involved in pollination and the birds in seed dispersal. The leaves also ...
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  • Pollination, an important step in the reproduction of seed plants ... Seed-bearing plants are traditionally divided into angiosperms, or ...
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  • perennial plants in the flowering plant family Asteraceae (aster ... (florets), each one capable of producing a seed. Some species and hybrids ...
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  • The venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that ... diversity in nature—a carnivorous plant containing several traps ...
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  • T. M. Vincent, and J. D. Palmer. 2000. Seed plant phylogeny inferred from ... phylogeny of extant gymnosperms and seed plant evolution: Analysis of ...
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  • largely on fruits, they also feed on other plant matter and some invertebrates ... of their diet. They also will eat other plant food, such as grass seeds ...
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  • The four species of squash belong to the Cucurbitaceae, a flowering ... (dioecious), or less common on the same plant (monoecious). The female ...
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  • The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... * Fruit that is a caryopsis: The seed and fruit merged together to ...
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  • woodland and shrub plantings, and as a patio plant. Some lilies, especially ... * By seed; seed germination patterns are variable and can be complex ...
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  • and low shrubs comprising the flowering plant genus Thymus of the mint ... Lamiaceae (or Labiatae), the flowering plant family to which thyme ...
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  • tents, and innumerable other items, and the seed is used to produce cottonseed oil. ... The fruit of the cotton plant is called a "cotton boll." ...
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  • As conifers, division Pinophyta, junipers are cone-bearing seed plants ... The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like ...
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  • F. sagittatum), which is an important crop plant. Tartary buckwheat (F. tataricum ... (though some interpret goni to mean "seed," and the name then would ...
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  • as food by humans, as well as to the plant itself that is cultivated ... there is no contradiction in referring to a plant part as a fruit while also ...
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  • and industrial alcohol. All parts of the plant are used for animal feed. ... and hot and there is plenty of rain. The plant does not tolerate frost. ...
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  • others. While many feed on sap and other plant material, some feed on animal ... is capable of piercing tissues (usually plant tissues) and sucking out ...
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  • light, acting in a sense like the plant’s sunscreen. ===The color ... and other colorful compounds abound in the plant kingdom. The benefits for ...
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  • Onion is the common name for the herbaceous, cold season plant Allium ... Onions are variously placed in the flowering plant family Alliaceae ...
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  • Rubus is a genus of plant in the family Rosaceae, which is one of ... pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop ...
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  • " many other diverse animal and plant species appeared during this ... * Doyle, J. A., and M. J. Donoghue. 1986. Seed plant phylogeny and ...
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  • are important for plants as agents of seed dispersal. For humans, the ... As seed dispersers, frugivorous bats aid the distribution of plants ...
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  • as Brassica oleracea var gemmifera, this plant is a cool season biennial ... axils during the first year of growth and a seed head produced in the second ...
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  • Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... their decorative species. Being a perennial plant, asparagus, if cared for ...
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  • skin, and a single, long, narrow, hard seed. The term date also is used ... Palm and is widely grown as an ornamental plant. It differs from the former ...
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  • (Tillandsia usneoides), which is flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae; ... arranged in three ranks, all point to the plant being a moss (Allison and ...
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  • deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus Adansonia, a taxa of ... each of the animals was given a tree to plant and the hyena planted the ...
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  • dicotyledon plants—flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic ... produced extreme cold hardy forms and it is seed procured from these genetically ...
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  • The relationship of ginkgo to other plant groups remains uncertain ... Ginkgo leaves are unique among seed plants, being fan-shaped with ...
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  • split apart into four sections when the seed germinates. ... de Vaca saw and wrote first about this plant. The Spaniards brought the ...
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  • also is applied to just the root of this plant, which is used to make a ... Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) belongs to the flowering plant family ...
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  • The almond plant is classified in the genus Prunus, which also includes ... Within Prunus, the almond plant is classified with the peach in the ...
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  • the genus Juglans of the flowering plant family Juglandaceae, which ... That is, it is a simple dry fruit with one seed in which the ovary wall becomes ...
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  • The potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of the Solanaceae ... The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is another crop plant with large ...
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  • the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. The two ... of 13 or 14 division-level taxa within the plant kingdom (Plantae). The division ...
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  • a vegetarian diet: "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They ...
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  • ) is a protein derived from the seed of the castor oil plant (Ricinus ... For the castor oil plant, ricin serves as an adaptation that offers ...
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  • Woo was hired into the Takiyi research farm, where he improved on ... Woo Jang-choon's accomplishments in the field of seed production ...
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  • structure of the unsaturated fatty acids in plant oils helps manufacturers ... linolenic acid, which can be obtained from plant and fish oils. ...
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  • the earth's surface with distinctive plant and animal communities—that ... Bering land bridge, a number of animal and plant species (more animals than ...
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  • directly digest cellulose, the material of plant cell walls; ruminants rely ... and canines project forward so that the plant materials they eat are torn ...
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  • *the things humans do to plant species, such as destroying "weeds ... *the ways in which various members of the plant world influence human ...
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  • ===Synthetic substitutes and plant ivory=== Synthetic substitutes for ... vegetable ivory, or tagua, and is the seed endosperm of the ivory nut ...
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  • Turmeric is the common name for a herbaceous perennial plant, Curcuma ... Zingiberaceae, the flowering plant family to which turmeric belongs ...
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  • or for industrial production. It includes plant materials and metabolic wastes ... to oil palm (palm oil). The particular plant used is usually not very ...
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  • (rarely perennial) plants of the flowering plant genus Amaranthus, characterized ... While it is not a true grain or cereal because the plant does not ...
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  • mentioned among a novel category of exotic plant sources called "superfruits ... The pomegranate, Punica granatum is placed in the flowering plant ...
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  • the through selective cross-breeding by plant breeders. From the development ... and lead to a lifelong love of the plant world. People of all ages ...
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  • fig fruit would be one of the many mature, seed-bearing flowers found inside ... service, fig trees cannot reproduce by seed. In turn, the flowers provide ...
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  • stem and leaves all point to the plant being a liverwort. ... or branching structure called a thallus (plant body); these liverworts are ...
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  • functions in their ecosystems, consuming plant matter and serving as prey ... shoots, fruits, buds, and even some aquatic plant fruits and insects (Thompson ...
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  • Of particular scientific interest are the plant reproductive strategies including the adaptive responses to fire of the flora and the patterns ...
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  • Whitney saw that a machine to clean the seed from cotton could make ... possible to consolidate his operations in a single plant. ...
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  • Populus is a genus of deciduous trees in the flowering plants family Salicaceae, characterized by flowers in the form of long, drooping catkins ...
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  • of 13 or 14 division-level taxa within the plant kingdom (Plantae). The division ... * Brink, C. H., and F. C. Dean. 1966. Seed as a food of red squirrels ...
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  • longhorn beetle and the Douglas Squirrel, aid in seed release. ... needle-like leaves cover the branches. The seed cones are small (1.5 to 3 ...
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  • associations with the roots of a plant, whereby the fungus receives ... (or Pucciniales). Many of these species are plant parasites. Many of the rusts ...
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  • 000 years ago. Prior to the development of plant cultivation, human beings ... Other developments in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding ...
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  • and fern for more complete discussion of plant reproduction. gamete is fertilized and develops into a seed. The ovary, which produced ...
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  • a fibrous husk (mesocarp) encasing a large seed or inner stone. The term coconut ... For example, the white, fleshy part of the seed provides food; the coconut ...
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  • largest and most diverse of the flowering plant families, with over eight ... The fruit ("vanilla bean") is an elongate, fleshy seed pod ...
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  • trees, its natural habitat, and eating only bamboo seed.Mark Schumacher, [https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ho-oo-phoenix.shtml Phoenix] Retrieved ...
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  • invertebrates, small vertebrates, and plant matter, and being consumed ... eat ticks, termites, ants, locusts, mice, plant parts, flower petals, seed ...
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  • Poaceae) of the species Zea mays L, or the seed of this plant, which grows ... Maize is an economically important plant, particularly widely cultivated ...
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  • On the other hand, as with another Australian native plant, eucalyptus ... cooking oil from pressed seeds of the tea plant Camellia sinensis or the ...
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  • As seed dispersers and part of forest food chains—consuming plant ... Hoolock gibbons are omnivorous, eating a wide variety of plant matter ...
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  • applied to the edible, cylindrical fruit of this plant. ... ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils. The plant has large leaves that form ...
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  • as they develop from seeds into fully mature plant. Upon germination ... The final characteristics of a soybean plant are variable, with factors ...
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  • Hay is any grass, legume, or other herbaceous plant, cultivated or ... It is the leaf and seed material in the hay that determines its quality ...
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  • diet have been coffee (from the coffee plant, Coffea sp.), tea (from the ... The world's primary source of caffeine is the coffee bean (the ...
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  • Plant and animal life have adapted to the area's extreme conditions ... conditions. The growth and reproduction of plant communities rely on irregular ...
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  • Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ... *Food- Special pelleted and seed-based food is available. ...
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  • He retired in 1938, and closed his studio to devote his time to plant ... friend. It was Sandburg who had planted the seed of the title of the exhibition ...
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  • Bonsai (盆栽, literally “tray-planted” or "potted plant ... and the use of innovative techniques and plant species other than the traditional ...
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  • Crurotarsi) remained dominant. Great, plant-eating dinosaurs, the sauropods ... the dominant undergrowth. Caytoniaceous seed ferns were another group of ...
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  • natural occurrence of and edible sap of a succulent plant found in the Sinai peninsula, which may have had appetite-suppressing effects. Indeed, plants ...
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  • Grouse (plural: grouse or grouses) is the common term for any members of the about 20 species of plump, chickenlike, terrestrial birds comprising ...
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  • * Annatto is a reddish-orange dye made from the seed of the Achiote. ... fast when used on cotton, hemp, and other plant fibers. ...
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  • applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding ... in varying proportions, the three major plant nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus ...
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  • or shrub, Olea europaea, in the flowering plant family Oleaceae, characterized ... and polyphenols. Other parts of the olive plant of value are the fruit itself ...
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  • trade had brought the capsicum plant's bright pods from the ... usually include turmeric and black mustard seed. It is often eaten with rice. ...
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  • water. Into the water he deposited a seed that later became the golden ... he encountered a kaitha flower, a plant very dear to Shiva. His ego ...
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  • a laborer (Prendeur) would offer to plant and tend to an uncultivated ... stock, sometimes only part—the cattle and seed perhaps, while the farmer ...
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  • skin blankets to the Atsugewi in return for seed foods, furs, hides, and meat ... winter storage, and for trade. The plant commonly called camas (Camassia ...
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  • a Chinese manual of painting, The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting ... its variety of natural subjects, taken from plant and animal life; because ...
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  • with Miguel Barzuna. This Coalition was the seed of what became the Social ... government inaugurated the hydroelectric plant in Lake Arenal. The Carazo ...
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  • far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun’s love ... vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit ...
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  • (Sauropoda), a group of large, four-legged, plant-eating, dinosaurs with long ... vast conifer forests and groves of cycads, seed ferns, and ginkgos. Some of ...
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  • in food chains, generally consuming plant material such as seeds, nuts ... upper mandible in an anvil-like fashion. Seed eating parrots have a strong ...
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  • Most rats are omnivores, eating both plant and animal foods, and generalists, not bound to one specialized way of life. Among the exceptions ...
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  • consumed fruits and berries although these plant foods may have been scarce ... Goosefoot, also referred to as Chenopodium, is a small flowering plant ...
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  • and animals. Prior to the development of plant cultivation, human beings ... selection and cultivation of specific food plant characteristics, such as ...
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  • their eggs). They also are important in seed dispersal. Commercially, emus ... They eat a variety of native and introduced plant species; the type of plants ...
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  • healing, respectively. Correspondingly, the plant Asclepias (commonly known ... hair, and bore within her the god’s holy seed. She waited not to see the ...
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  • Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean or lotus ... Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean or lotus ...
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  • It is also said that cannabis was the first plant to grow on King Solomon& ... earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding ...
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  • Plant breeders' rights or plant variety rights (PVR) are a form ... To qualify for Plant Variety Rights, a new variety must undergo official ...
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  • The granitic islands of Seychelles are home to about 75 endemic plant species, with a further 25 or so species in the Aldabra group. Particularly ...
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  • Snake River Plain. A surprising variety of plant and animal life exists in ... All plant and animal life in and around Craters of the Moon are under ...
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  • mountains. Renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty ... * Fischer, David Hackett. 1989. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways ...
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  • Hill 2002); trace amounts also are found in plant membranes. The name cholesterol ... oil (AHA 2007; Behrman and Gopalan 2005). Plant products (e.g. flax seed ...
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  • To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in our country.” ...
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  • cuisine are chilli pepper, black mustard seed (rai), cumin (jeera), turmeric ... paste. Mustard paste, curd, nuts, poppy seed paste and cashew paste are ...
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  • - the smallest type of beads used are known as seed beads. These are the beads used for the "woven" style of beaded jewelry. Another use ...
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  • In general, eating a variety of fresh, whole (unprocessed) plant foods ... wide variety of protein sources, including plant-based sources, helps keep ...
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  • 2004). Wild Chilean chinchillas feed on up to 24 plant species, mainly herbs and grasses. Diet changes between sites both seasonally and across years ...
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  • of rushes, (the tissue inside the stem of a plant that grows in marshes) is ... and a similar oil derived from rape seed, yielded candles that produce ...
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  • * Brown, M.J. 2017. [https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/animal-vs-plant-protein Animal vs Plant Protein - What's the Difference?] Healthline ...
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  • fully known, but cold–water–dependent plant and animal species could ... A total of over 1,132 plant species have been identified park-wide ...
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  • although they can also be laid in plant roots or even manure. The egg pod contains several dozens of tightly-packed eggs that look like thin ...
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  • The diet of the ostrich mainly consists of seeds and other plant matter ... 2002). They mainly feed on seeds and other plant matter; occasionally they ...
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  • and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. species of bat), 32 reptiles and numerous plant species inhabit the park ...
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  • of their eyes red by placing a "chundanga seed" (from a variety of eggplant which bears small fruits) under their lower eyelids before ...
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  • be building a carbon nanotube manufacturing plant in Millville, New Jersey ... very low payload space elevator "seed ribbon" could have a ...
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  • Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean ...
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  • the Minoan poppy goddess wears the seed capsules, sources of nourishment ... From him, the rest of Greece learned to plant and reap crops. ...
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  • or malt. In the process of germination, the seed produces enzymes that can ... form can be used, as well as a variety of plant-derived absorbents, including ...
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  • used for construction include soil and plant matter. The nests are protected ... to the fungi's reaction to different plant material, apparently detecting ...
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  • [[Image:Grass seed warehouse.jpg|thumb|upright|A grain elevator storing grass seed, one of the state's largest crops.]] High-technology industries ...
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  • plants on Earth, making it particularly rich in plant biodiversity. But while it has a great wealth of flowering plants, it has few forests. Only one ...
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  • and 1600 B.C.E. Samples of wood, bone, and seed collected from various locations ... on the eastern half of Crete choked off plant life, causing starvation ...
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  • consists of broad-leaved dicot foliage and other plant stuffs, particularly seed and fruit when in season. Favorite food plants include native and introduced ...
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  • which is comprised mainly of natural rubber, seed breeding, vegetables, tropical fruits, tropical flowers and plants, and marine aquaculture. Major ...
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  • Herbivorous, or plant-eating animals, are found throughout the province ... plentiful, and a huge variety of smaller seed and insect-eating birds can ...
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  • the flourishing of plants. As a result, plant life is limited to mostly ... remained. During the Permian period, the plant life became dominated by ...
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  • taking care of the monasteries. Pilgrims plant their prayer flags onto the ... into a spicy stew with potatoes. Mustard seed is cultivated in Tibet, and ...
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  • Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern ... rest, intending to use the borrowed corn as seed for planting. ...
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  • annually. The province is a major producer of seed potatoes, exporting to more than twenty countries around the world. Prince Edward Island has ...
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  • often driving them off their kills. As a seed disperser and predator, it ... Brown bears are omnivores and feed on a variety of plant products ...
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  • methods for controlling weeds before seed settling controls the growth and irradiation of invasive species. The park administration uses grassland ...
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  • his or her life without harming animal and plant life in some way; which and ... that "The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there ...
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  • and beta d,d,d tocopherol vitamers extracted from plant oils. ... by an earlier process, which started with a plant sterol intermediate with ...
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  • The Buddha told her to procure some mustard seed, but it must be from a house ... a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; ...
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  • eucalyptus are present. The only tree-like plant native to the pampa is the ... altitude, and the soils are virtually devoid of any plant life. ...
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  • Washington, the Hanford Works atomic energy plant was opened in 1943 and played ... percent of total U.S. production), wrinkled seed peas (80.6 percent), hops ...
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  • the first European writing to contain the seed of the story. Bernard Romans ... reserved lands at the opening of spring to plant their gardens. At that time ...
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  • numerous crops, including peas, sesame seed, and cotton, plus a wide range of domestic animals, including the water buffalo, which still remains ...
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  • Most herbivores (plant eaters, like the elephant) possess teeth adapted ... Elephants are herbivores, spending 16 hours a day collecting plant ...
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  • it with a mattock, before planting seed. Unfortunately the high evaporation rate resulted in gradual salinity of the fields. By the Ur III period ...
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  • for plowing the fields and trampling seed into the soil. The slaughter of a fattened ox was also a central part of an offering ritual. Horses ...
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  • Jieziyuan Huazhuan (Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden), a five-volume work first published in 1679, has been in use as a technical textbook ...
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  • contain a quarter of all the animal and plant species found in China.Rough ... cast iron, the iron plow, the multi-tube seed drill, the wheelbarrow, the ...
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  • prevent wandering monks from disturbing new plant growth or becoming stranded ... Cassino in Italy (529 C.E.), which was the seed of Roman Catholic monasticism ...
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  • methods, such as destroying forests to plant vineyards, have contributed ... 25 million years ago. The size of the grape seed imprints found near the Varvarovca ...
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  • barley, sugar beets, oats, rye, seed potatoes, honey, cherries, are the main crops with wheat being the king crop grown. Ranchers raise cattle ...
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  • plateau supports little except grasses. Plant life in the river valleys ... into a spicy stew with potatoes. Mustard seed is cultivated in Tibet, and ...
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  • More than 2,000 plant species are grown in Iran. The land covered ... a principle of five shares—land, water, seed, animal labor, and human labor—the ...
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