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Style

style (Science: botany) An elongated part of a carpel, or group of fused carpels, between the ovary and the... Read More

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Trimorphism

trimorphism 1. (Science: chemistry) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with... Read More

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Kind

Kind 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. He knew by kind and by no other lore. (Chaucer) Some of you, on pure... Read More

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Origins of Life : On Earth and in the Cosmos (2nd Ed)

Origins of Life : On Earth and in the Cosmos ... Read More

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Vigor

vigor health, hardiness. (Science: botany) A measure of the increase in plant growth or foliage volume through time after... Read More

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Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (7th Ed) by V. Kumar et al.

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition ... Read More

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Growth and Plant Hormones

Growth All living organisms begin in the same form: as a single cell. That cell will divide and the resulting cells will... Read More

Flowers and tiny fruits of the pomegranate plant

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Fruits, Flowers, and Seeds

Flowering plants grow in a wide variety of habitats and environments. They can go from germination of a seed to a mature... Read More

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Elaiosome

Definition noun, plural: elaiosomes A plant organelle that stores fat Supplement Elaiosome is an organelle that stores fat... Read More

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Incomplete dominance

Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy Definition The term "taxonomy" was developed from two Greek words, "taxis," meaning arrangement, and "nomia,"... Read More

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Humoral immunity

Let’s get to know where one should place humoral immunity, the topic of today’s discussion!! By the end of the article,... Read More

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Transition

Definition noun, plural: transitions (genetics) A small-scale mutation characterized by the replacement of a purine by... Read More

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Sexual reproduction

Sexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction involving the fusion of haploid female gamete (egg cell) and haploid male... Read More

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Stigma

stigma The pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky. The apical end of the style where... Read More

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Sort

sort 1. A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterised by the same or like... Read More

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Carpel

Carpel (Science: plant biology) An organ (generally believed to be a modified foliar unit) at the centre of a flower,... Read More

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Movement

movement 1. The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another;... Read More

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Flight

Flight 1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the... Read More

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Penetration

penetration The act of piercing or entering deeply. Origin: L. Penetratio 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior... Read More

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Tree

“The biological diversity is plenty if you look around yourself a little closely; with an eye for life!” … People... Read More

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Face

Face 1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or... Read More

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Taste

taste 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. (Chaucer) 2. To try... Read More

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Air

Air 1. The Fluid which we Breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the Atmosphere. It is Invisible, inodourous, Insipid,... Read More

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Tail

tail 1. (Science: zoology) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. The tail of mammals and... Read More

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Gorillas in our Midst – what it means

By Vicki MozoSummary What's up with the gorilla on a basketball court perception test? If you have tried taking this... Read More

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Introductory Chemistry – a Foundation

Introductory Chemistry - a Foundation ... Read More

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Seed Plants

There are two main subdivisions of seed plants—the ones without covered seeds, the gymnosperms, and the ones with covered... Read More