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Quinquefoliolate
A compound leaf composed of five leaflets.
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Punk
Wood or leaves so decayed and/or dry that it is useful for tinder.
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Potherb
A usually leafy herb that is cooked for use as greens. An herb is a type of plant that is utilized in cooking to impart flavor to dishes, and on occasion, provide nutritional benefits due to its composition of vitamins and minerals. The leaves, stems, or blossoms of the herb are typically utilized for culinary…
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Oxalate acid
A colorless, poisonous, crystalline acid (COOH)2 found in oxalis and other plants.
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Imbrication
An overlapping of similar pieces or segments (somewhat like roof shingles); can be either vertical or lateral, such as the bracts at the base of many flowers in the sunflower family (Compositae). Overlapping arrangement of parts, like tiles on a roof.
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Flatulent
Affected with gas in the stomach or intestines. Having flatulence, or caused by flatulence.
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Elliptical (leaf)
Widest in the center with the two ends tapering equally, generally about 1½ times as long as broad. In the form of an ellipse, that is, about one and one half times as long as broad, widest at the middle and rounded at both ends. Oval or oblong, with the ends regularly rounded. A structure…
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Degenerate
Having leaves, flowers, fruits, and other plant parts that are scrawny, inconspicuous, or simply vestiges of fully developed parts. Although the word degenerate implies something that has declined from its ancestors, it remains speculative that any given plant species has actually degenerated from a “higher” form. To change so as not to be able to…
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Chaparral
Colony of thorny or rigid shrubs growing in dry soil or on rocky ridges and slopes. Chiefly characterized by great thickening of the epidermis, condensation of the plant body, and/or reduction of the leaf surface. Dense, shrubby vegetation that grows in arid and semi-arid regions of the Southwestern U.S. An area dense with leathery-leaved, evergreen…
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Antiflatulent
Dissipating gas in the stomach or intestines. Agent that reduces intestinal gas (flatus).
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