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(Of crown) with several parallel whorls or layers of branches.  

Ecological term denoting the horizontal divisions of a high vegetation structure (e.g. tree layer, shrub layer, field layer (herb layer), ground layer (mosses and liverwort layer)); Also an anatomical term, but outside the scope of this glossary. A classic hairdressing technique that removes weight and bulkiness by cutting much shorter pieces that fall above your…

Loose, open, distinct from each other. More than twelve hundred years ago, the fish we now know as the salmon was called, in Old English, lax. Relatives of this Old English word exist in other languages to this day, including the German lacks, the Yiddish Ms, the Swedish, Danish, and Dutch lax, and the Russian…

Supercontinent combining northern continents, formed as a result of the breakup of Pangaea about 200 million years ago. The supercontinent of the Northen Hemisphere combining North America and Eurasia, formed after the breakup of Pangaea 200 million years ago when it separated from Gondwana.  

Towards or along the sides.  

(Of anthers) opening sideways or laterally, not inwards; (General) turned sideways, i.e. not towards or away from the axis.  

With broad partitions.  

Latex-bearing.  

On or at the side or margin. Towards or on the side of the body.  

Resting, dormant, non-active. Referring to a disease which is present in the body but does not show any signs. Dormant; existing as a potential (e.g., latent diabetes, mild disorder of carbohydrate metabolism occurring only when stress loads of glucose are given).