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• Here are entered general works on the visual arts. Works on the arts in general, including the visual arts, literature, and the performing arts, are entered under [Arts.]

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Use for: Umbelliferae

• A large family of plants. The plants are often fragrant or aromatic, that have small flowers borne in umbels and include numerous economically important plants (as the carrot, anise, caraway, dill, and parsley)Plants distributed throughout a wide variety of habitats, principally in the north temperate regions of the world. A number of species are economically important as leaf and root vegetables, herbs and spices, and garden ornamentals. Commonly known as the parsley family.

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

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.

• a genus of usually tufted herbs (family Primulaceae) native to the northern hemisphere having basal tufted leaves, small terminal white or pink flowers, and capsular fruits

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.

Use for: Alder

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

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.