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Ecology

Water budget

Biology; Ecology

The balance of all water moving into and out of a specified area in a specified period of time.

Homology

Biology; Ecology

A similarity shared by descendants of a common ancestor. We walk upright; so did early hominids.

Bulgur

Biology; Ecology

Dried, ground, sifted, partially debranned, and parboiled (precooked) wheat for whole grain use.

Saltation

Biology; Ecology

The movement of a particle transported by wind or water, one too heavy to remain in suspension.

Axil

Biology; Ecology

The angle that lies between a leaf stalk and its stem. Site of bud formation in flowering plants.

Girdling

Biology; Ecology

Wrapping something like wire around a tree trunk to choke the cambrium layer and kill the tree.

Dioxin

Biology; Ecology

A highly toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon used in herbicides and produced by industrial pollution.

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