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Use for: Cryptogamae

• a plant or plantlike organism (such as a fern, moss, alga, or fungus) reproducing by spores and not producing flowers or seed

• a family of plants widely distributed, usually evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs having small, flattened, scalelike or sometimes needle-like leaves and including the cypress, juniper, and arborvitae.
• the cypress family (order Pinales). A plant family of evergreen ornamental and timber shrubs and trees, distributed throughout the world. The leaves of these plants are opposite or whorled and usually paired or in threes. Adult leaves are narrow, scalelike, and pressed against the branchlets, which themselves are often flattened. Awllike juvenile and transitional leaves are often present on mature trees. The male reproductive structures are borne at the ends of short twigs; the female structures (cones) are terminal, with opposite or whorled scales, consisting of both a fused bract (modified leaf) and a scale. The cones, usually woody, have erect ovules.

• A plant genus comprised of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, distributed throughout warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Many resinous, aromatic evergreen trees called cypress belong to other genera of the same family, especially species of false cypress and cypress pine. The name “cypress” is occasionally used for some species of fustic and for bald cypress; in eastern Canada it often denotes jack pine.

Use for: trailing bellflowers

• the genus of trailing bellflowers, consists of mostly Himalayan, mat-forming, dainty perennials with wide-open, blue bell tubes encased in cuplike green calyxes. The genus differs from other bellflowers in having its ovary superior (above) to the base of the floral tube.

Use for: Cycadales

• Any of the palmlike woody gymnospermous plants that constitute the order Cycadales. The order consists of three extant (not extinct) families—Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae, and Zamiaceae. Some authorities use the term cycad to refer to all members of the division Cycadophyta. Plants of this division are known to have existed in the Mesozoic Era (251.9 million to 66 million years ago).

• A genus comprising of tropical and subtropical orchids (family Orchidaceae). The genus is primarily distributed in Asia, though several species are native to northern Australia. The orchids are popular as florists’ plants and ornamentals, and there are several thousand horticultural hybrids. The plants are known for their showy flowers, which range from white and pale yellow to green, maroon, and dark bronze and can persist for several months. The cut flowers are also fairly long-lasting and are commonly used in corsages.

• A genus made up of temperate and subtropical species, most of which are terrestrial. One well-known species is the yellow lady’s slipper (C. calceolus). Another is the pink lady’s slipper (C. acaule), also known as the moccasin flower. Most species have one or two flowers on a stem about 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 inches) tall.

• a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, multiplication, pathology, and life history of cells

• A genus comprising of flowering shrubs of the mezereum family (Thymelaeaceae) native to Eurasia but widely cultivated for their form and flower clusters. The most popular species include low-growing evergreen types that are often grown in borders and rock gardens in mild climates.