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sweetfern — sweet fern n. An aromatic deciduous shrub (Comptonia peregrina) of eastern North America, having narrow, deeply lobed, fernlike leaves and minute flowers grouped in catkinlike heads. * * * … Universalium
pine family — the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including… … Universalium
ginkgophyte — ▪ plant division Introduction any member of the division Ginkgophyta, a group of gymnospermous plants of particular interest to paleobotanists. Two of the three genera of ginkgophytes, Ginkgoites and Baiera, are extinct. The third genus,… … Universalium
Malpighiales — ▪ plant order Introduction large order of flowering plants that includes 40 families, more than 700 genera, and almost 16,000 species. Many of the families are tropical and poorly known, but well known members of the order include Salicaceae (… … Universalium
Santalales — ▪ plant order Introduction the sandalwood order of flowering plants, consisting of 8 families, 151 genera, and about 1,000 species. All the families in Santalales are parasitic (parasitism) to some degree, attaching either to the roots or… … Universalium
Hutchinson , John — (1884–1972) British botanist Hutchinson, who was educated at the village school in Wark on Tyne where he was born, began work in 1900 under his father, the head gardener on a large estate. In 1904 he was appointed to a junior post at the Royal… … Scientists
Artocarpus — noun evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit • Syn: ↑genus Artocarpus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Moraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pine family — noun a family of Pinaceae • Syn: ↑Pinaceae, ↑family Pinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales … Useful english dictionary
american witch alder — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a shrub (Fothergilla gardeni) of the southeastern United States with hairy foliage and fruits and catkinlike spikes of apetalous flowers … Useful english dictionary
