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Ecology

Cambium

Biology; Ecology

The cell-generating tissue between the bark and the stem. Usually absent in monocotyledonous (see Monocot) plants.

Organic

Biology; Ecology

Containing carbon; also, made of living things or the products of their decomposition, like humus.

Plucking

Biology; Ecology

Glacial erosion in which frozen wedges of ice are pulled out of rocky cracks by a passing glacier.

Drumlin

Biology; Ecology

An elongated hill of glacial till or drift whose narrow end points toward the retreating glacier.

Escarpment

Biology; Ecology

A cliff-like ridge formed by faulting or erosion. It divides two more or less even pieces of land.

Mineral

Biology; Ecology

The inorganic, crystalline solid that makes up rocks. Over 2,000 varieties have been discovered.

Clade

Biology; Ecology

A group of organisms that includes their most recent common ancestor and all of their descendants.

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