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Non-profit organizations

Abbreviated as NGO, and also known as not-for-profit organisation; an organisation that does not distribute its surplus capital to shareholders or owners, but instead uses them to pursue its original goals.They are usually exempt from income and property tax and most often include charitable organisations, trade unions and public arts organisations.

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sporangiophore

Plants; Flowers

A stalk to which sporangia are attached.

sporangium

Plants; Flowers

A chamber inside of which spores are produced through meiosis

sporophyll

Plants; Flowers

Any leaf which bears sporangia is called a sporophyll.

stamen

Plants; Flowers

Part of a flower, the tip of which produces pollen and is called the anther

stigma

Biology; Flowers

The sticky tip of a pistil. Or, the dense region of pigments found in many photosynthetic protists which is sensitive to light, and thus functions somewhat like a miniature eye.

stomata

Biology; Flowers

Openings in the epidermis of a stem or leaf of a plant which permit gas exchange with the air. In general, all plants except liverworts have stomata in their sporophyte stage.

strobilus

Plants; Flowers

A tightly clustered group of sporophylls arranged on a central stalk; commonly termed a "cone" or "flower".

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