Vegetable+growth

  • 31plant — [[t]plænt, plɑnt[/t]] n. 1) bio tax any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that produce food from sunlight and inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have rigid cell walls containing cellulose,… …

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  • 32vegetative — veg•e•ta•tive [[t]ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) bot growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating 2) bot of, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth 3) bot noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction… …

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  • 33plant — /plænt / (say plant), /plant / (say plahnt) noun 1. any living organism which is characterised by the capacity to synthesise food from inorganic substances and by the presence of cellulose in its cell walls, and which is incapable of voluntary… …

  • 34vegetate — /ˈvɛdʒəteɪt / (say vejuhtayt) verb (i) (vegetated, vegetating) 1. to live in an inactive, passive, or unthinking way: *she had lived a peaceful, if vegetating life ordering her small household –nourma handford, 1953. 2. Pathology (of a wart,… …

  • 35achenes — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …

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  • 36Ammodramus sandwichensis — Savanna Sa*van na, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, as grass or reeds, but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah} …

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  • 37capsules — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …

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  • 38Drosophila melanogaster — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …

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  • 39drupaceous fruits — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …

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  • 40dry fruits — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …

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