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  • 91root climber — noun a plant that climbs by its adventitious roots e.g. ivy • Hypernyms: ↑climber * * * noun : a plant that climbs by its adventitious roots (as the common ivy and many tropical aroids) * * * Bot. a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by… …

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  • 92Tuff — (from the Italian tufo ) is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff should not be confused with tufa , another type of rock. Volcanic ashThe products of a volcanic eruption are… …

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  • 93Phosgene — Not to be confused with phosphine, oxalyl chloride, or phosgene oxime. Phosgene[1] …

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  • 94Monocotyledon — Monocotyledons Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Recent Hemerocallis flower, with three flower parts in each whorl Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 95Lilium — Taxobox name = Lilium image width = 200px image caption = Flora Lilium bulbiferum ssp. croceum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Liliales familia = Liliaceae genus = Lilium genus authority = L. subdivision ranks …

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  • 96Synesthesia — For other uses, see Synesthesia (disambiguation). How someone with synesthesia might perceive certain letters and numbers. Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae), from the ancient Greek σύν… …

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  • 97Auxin — Auxins are a class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormone or plant hormone). Auxins play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.OverviewAuxins derive their name from the… …

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  • 98Buddha-nature — (Classical Chinese: 佛性, modern pinyin fó xìng , literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha dhatu Buddha Element , Buddha Principle , but seems to have been used most frequently to translate the Sanskrit Tathāgata garbha , meaning Buddha Matrix …

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  • 99Clonal colony — Ramet redirects here. For the commune in Alba County, Romania, see Râmeţ. A clonal colony of Iris germanica. Note the rhizomatious stems by which the plant reproduces. A clonal colony or genet is a group of genetically identical individuals (e …

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  • 100Tamerlane chess — is a strategic board game related to chess and derived from shatranj. It was developed in Persia during the reign of Timur, also called Tamerlane (1336 1405). Some sources attribute the game s invention to Timur, but this is by no means certain.… …

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