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Subjects term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
Acanthaceae
  • a family of widely distributed herbs, shrubs, and trees having opposite leaves and tubular bracted irregular flowers with two or four stamens
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Actinidiaceae
  • A flowering plant family. Actinidiaceae are usually shrubs, small trees, or lianas; they are largely tropical and are especially abundant in Southeast Asia. The genus Saurauia grows throughout the range of the family, while Actinidia is dominantly East Asian and includes the kiwi fruit (A. chinensis).
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algae

Use for: alga

  • any of a diverse group of chiefly photosynthetic and aquatic plantlike organisms that range from unicellular to large multicellular forms, are typically classified as protists, and include the green, yellow-green, brown, golden-brown, and red algae in the eukaryotes and especially formerly the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes
  • Note: While multicellular algae often resemble plants, they lack the true roots, leaves, and stems characteristic of vascular plants.
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Alnus

Use for: Alder

  • genus of about 30 species of ornamental shrubs and trees in the birch family Betulaceae.
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alpine flora

Use for: mountain plants

  • refers to the plant life found in mountainous regions above the tree line. These environments are characterized by harsh conditions, including cold temperatures, high winds, and limited growing seasons.
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alpine gardening 1 0
Angiosperms

Use for: Flowering plants

  • flowering plants, the largest and most diverse group within the kingdom Plantae. Angiosperms represent approximately 80 percent of all the known green plants now living.
  • The angiosperms are vascular seed plants in which the ovule (egg) is fertilized and develops into a seed in an enclosed hollow ovary.
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animal (1)

Use for: fauna

  • any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (such as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (such as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation
  • any animal that is not a human being
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animal, elephant
  • a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks.
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animal, horse

Use for: horse, equine

  • a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated since prehistoric times and used as a beast of burden, a draft animal, or for riding
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