General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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Lignin

Plants; General plants

A chemical compound that is found in woody plants. Lignin binds to fibres made of cellulose.

Cork

Plants; General plants

The light, spongy, outer bark of a kind of oak tree that grows near the Mediterranean Sea.

Pith

Plants; General plants

The soft, spongy tissue that is in the centre of the stems of most flowering plants.

Genus of 2 or 3 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees from E. Asia. They have large, leathery, palmately 7- to 11-lobed leaves, produced mainly at the branch tips, and compound umbels, to 12 in ...

Dendrobium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 900 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen, epiphytic and terrestrial orchids from India and S.E.Asia to New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They have ...

Aechmea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 200 species of rosette-formed, often rhizomatous, mostly epiphytic, evergreen perennials, mainly from rainforest in S. Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. The ...

Dionaea

Plants; General plants

Genus of one species of insectivorous perennial found in bogs in coastal areas of North and South Carolina. Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap) is the most spectagular insectivore in its action. This ...