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snow plant

(Encyclopedia)snow plant: see Indian pipe.

waterwheel, plant

(Encyclopedia)waterwheel, plant: see Venus's-flytrap. ...

plant pathology

(Encyclopedia)plant pathology: see diseases of plants. ...

oyster plant

(Encyclopedia)oyster plant, name for several plants, among them the salsify. ...

resurrection plant

(Encyclopedia)resurrection plant, name for several plants, usually of arid regions, that may apparently be brought back to life after they are dead. In reality they have hygroscopic qualities which cause them to cu...

rice-paper plant

(Encyclopedia)rice-paper plant: see ginseng.

stem

(Encyclopedia)stem, supporting structure of a plant, serving also to conduct and to store food materials. The stems of herbaceous and of woody plants differ: those of herbaceous plants are usually green and pliant ...

perennial

(Encyclopedia)perennial, any plant that under natural conditions lives for several to many growing seasons, as contrasted to an annual or a biennial. Botanically, the term perennial applies to both woody and herbac...

meadow beauty

(Encyclopedia)meadow beauty, any plant of the genus Rhexia, herbaceous perennials of wet places E of the Rockies, particularly damp pine barrens and sands along the southeast coast. A widespread species, R. virgini...

herb

(Encyclopedia)herb ûrb, hûrb [key], name for any plant that is used medicinally or as a spice and for the useful product of such a plant. Herbs as condiments and seasonings are still important in culinary art; th...