Plants

Plants

Any organisms of the kingdom Plantae that is characterized by containing chloroplast, having cellulose cell walls being photosynthetic.

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Monocotyledon

Plants; Plants

A flowering plant in which the seed has one cotyledon, the leaves have parallel veins. Grasses are mono cots.

The giant hogweed is a plant known for its height, commonly growing to 2 to 5 metres (roughly 6 to 15 feet). This plant is also characterised by its hollow stems with ridges/bristles and dark purple ...

Lotus

Plants; Plants

A water plant growing in the mud of shallow ponds, lagoons, marshes and flooded fields. It is native to parts of the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Guinea. It can grow to a height of up to 6 ...

Celery

Plants; Plants

The stalks of the Apium graveolens plant used in cooking for seasoning food.

Aggregate fruit

Plants; Plants

Usually applied to a cluster or group of small fleshy fruits originating from a number of separate pistils in a single flower, as in the clustered drupelets of the raspberry.

Achene

Plants; Plants

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit with a single locule and a single seed (ovule), and with the seed attached to the ovary wall at a single point, as in the sunflower.

Cissus

Plants; Plants

Genus of about 350 species of evergreen perennials, shrubs, and climbers, some with succulent stems or roots, occurring in tropical and subtropical regions, at forest margins and thickets. Cissus are ...