...ern Yew''') is a [[Pinophyta|conifer]] native to the [[Pacific Northwest]] of [[North America]]. It ranges from southernmost [[Alaska]] south to central
...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mor
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...he screw bean, two forage plants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest.
...eous and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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Zizyphus (from Zizouf, the Arabian name of Z. Lotus). Rhamnaceae. Jujube. Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for th
...milar to Paliurus, but chiefly distinguished by the drupe-like fr. The fr. of Z. sativa, Z. Jujuba, and Z. Lotus are edible, and the first-named is cult.
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...the leaflets are joined for up to half of their length. A variable portion of the leaf petiole may remain persistent on the trunk for many years after le
''Sabal'' species are used as food plants by the [[Caterpillar|larvae]] of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Paysandisia archon]]''.
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...an art of design, which lays out the approaches and makes the subdivisions of the grounds as best to serve convenience and beauty.
...obably nowhere are the main elements more rigidly fixed by the necessities of the case, for the engineering requirements must be met; and yet there are l
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Plums come in a wide variety of colours and sizes. Some are much firmer-fleshed than others and some have y
...tree will be covered in [[blossom]], and in a good year approximately 50% of the flowers will be pollinated and become plums. Flowering starts after 80
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...distic]] studies have placed them instead in the suborder '''Lumbricina''' of the order Haplotaxida, but this may again soon change. Folk names for the e
...inct [[clitellum]] (which is much more obvious than the single-layered one of the microdriles) and a vascular system with true capillaries.
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...an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world.
...switch from selling fresh to selling to freezers, and then get totally out of the market. Producers for the farmers market keep selling fresh through the
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...ly. It has 5 subfamilies, more than 800 genera, and hundreds of thousands of species and cultivars.
...al]]s (top, lower right, lower left), two normal [[petal]]s on either side of the dorsal (upper) sepal, and the [[labellum]], a modified lower petal in
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