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Irregular
Zygomorphic, unsymmetrical. Plant parts that are asymmetrical. Describes a flower that is not radially symmetrical, with parts of unequal size or shape. In botany, a term applied to a flower in which the floral whorls are unequal. Not regular or normal. Having the petals arranged in some way other than radial symmetry, though almost always…
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Hartwood
Central mass of xylem become hard as a result of tylosis and no longer support water conduction and help in mechanical support only.
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Fleshy fruit
A fruit with flexible, juicy tissues.
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Female
Pistil bearing. A gender designation distinguished by its anatomical structures, biochemistry, and the ability to conceive and procreate. Those bearing only female reproductive organs, hence able to bear fruit and seeds. Most flowering plants are in fact bisexual, commonly bearing hermaphrodite flowers. To the sex that bears young (compare male) woman or girl. An individual…
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Bractole
Diminutive of bract, a mere scale.
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Axillary flower
A flower in the axil of a bract or a leaf.
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Angiosperms
They are flowering plants with seeds enclosed inside fruits. Flowering plants that produce flowers, and seeds within a fruit. Seeds develop within an ovary that becomes all or part of the fruit.
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Venereal warts
Caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and also know as condylomata acuminata, anal warts, and genital warts. It is nearly always transmitted from person to person by sexual contact, can increase the risk for women of cervical cancer, and occurs in near epidemic proportions in sexually active teenage women. Benign tumors that may result from a…
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United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary
The U.S.P. was first published in 1820 and ever ten years thereafter until the Second World War, after which it has been revised every five years. It has always been meant to define the physical, chemical, and pharmaceutical characteristics of the most accepted and widely used drugs of the time, and to set the standards…
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Urates
The salts of uric acid, found in the urine, some kidney stones, and (unfortunately) in gouty joints. A combination of uric acid with a base. A compound formed from uric acid and a base.
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