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Plant ID And Selection Flashcards

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Physiological adaptation process of plants and other living organisms to acclimate our environment different From their prior growing conditions

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Acclimation

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Genetic ability of plants and other living organisms to adjust or Acclimate to different environments

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Adaptability

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I am close, tight proximity; pressed close to or lying flat against something; appressed

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Adpressed

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Pleasing to the senses, visually or otherwise

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to bud or leaf arrangement, one leaf or bud at each node, situated at alternating positions along the stem; in this arrangement, the leaves are not directly across from each other.

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Alternate

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Plants with seeds born in an ovary; consist of two large groups: monocotyledons (grasses palms and related plants) and Dicotyledons (most woody trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and related plants)

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Angiosperms

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Point of attachment I have a leaf petiole to a stem

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Axil

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Bud in the axil of a leaf; lateral bud

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Axillary bud

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Biological diversity in an environment as indicated by number of different species of plants and animals

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Biodiversity

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Double pinnate

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Bipinnate

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Expanded body of a leaf

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Blade

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Modified leaf, usually growing just below the flower petals; sometimes more prominent than and mistaken for the actual flower petals

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Bract

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Undeveloped flower or shoot containing a meristematic growing point; small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a plant that may develop into a flower or shoot

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Bud

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14
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Thickness or diameter of the trunk of a tree taken any standard height, used in specifying nursery stock

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Caliper

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Spike like flower structure often drooping and flexible

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Catkin

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Taxonomic group below the division level but above the order level

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Class

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17
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Asexually produced organisms that are genetically identical

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Clones

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18
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Leave for two or more leaflets

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Compound leaf

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Ovule or pollen bearing structure of conifers

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Cone

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Cone bearing tree are other plant that has its seeds in a structure called a cone

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Conifer

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Term describing a heart shaped leaf

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Cordate

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22
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Cultivated variety of species that cannot be reproduced without human assistance; usually propagated a sexually cloned

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Cultivar

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23
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Tree are other part that sheds its leaves annually

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Deciduous

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Rounded or spreading growth habit of the tree crown

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Decurrent

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Having serrations (teeth) perpendicular to the leaf margin

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Denate

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Plant with Two cotyledons in its embryo; dicotyledons constitute the larger of the two great divisions of flowering plants and typically have broad, stocked leaves with netlike veins

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Dicotyledon

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Having male and female flowers born on separate individuals of the same species

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Dioecious

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Taxonomic group below the kingdom level but above the class level

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Division phylum

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29
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Toothed margin of a leaf, with smaller teeth within the teeth

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Double serrate

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30
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Stony seed inside a fleshy covering (e.g., cherry and peach)

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Drupe

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31
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Term describing a leaf margin without teeth

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Entire

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32
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Pattern of a tree branch characterized by a dominant leader and an upright or pyramidal cone shaped crown

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Excurrent

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Taxonomic group under the order level and above the genus level

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Family

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Group of plants within a species having distinct variations that occur sporadically and naturally

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Forma

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35
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Large, divided the structure found in palms and ferns

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Frond

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Taxonomic group composed of species having similar fundamental traits; botanical classification under the family level and above the species level

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Genus

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Plants with exposed seeds, usually within cones; the classes Ginkgopsida and Coniferopsida Are members of the group

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Gymnosperms

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Characteristic form or manner of growth

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Habit

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Genetically determined ability of a plant to survive winter growing conditions; Often referring specifically to low temperatures

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Hardiness

40
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Plant resulting from the cross between two different species are two highly inbred lines within a single species

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Hybrid

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Dichotomous guide used to help identify plants and other organisms

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Identification key

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Continued growth due to sustained activity of the apical and lateral meristems

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Indeterminate growth

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Cluster of flowers

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Inflorescence

44
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Region of the stem between two successive nodes

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Internode

45
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Organisms not native are endemic to a region; typically introduced by human activity in the modern era

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Introduced species

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An introduced species whose introduction causes are as likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health

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Invasive species

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Primary taxonomic group, separating major groups of living organisms E. G plants from animals

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Kingdom

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Purpose or intended use of a plant in the landscape (e.g., shade, aesthetics, screening)

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Landscape function

49
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Vegetative bud on the side of a stem

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Lateral bud

50
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Tip of the leaf blade

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Leaf Apex

51
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Bottom part of the leaf blade

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Leaf base

52
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Scar left on the twig after I leave the shed

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Leafs car

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Outer edge of the leaf blade

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Leaf margin

54
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Separate part of a compound leaf blade

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Leaflet

55
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Small opening in the bar that permits exchange of gases

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Lenticel

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Leaf segments that project outward, creating voids (sinuses) between the segments

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Love

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Plants with an embryo that has one single seed leaf (cotyledons) example are grasses and palms

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Monocotyledons

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Species with mail in female and male flowers born on the same plant

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Monoecious

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Study of a form and structure of plants and other living organisms

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Morphology

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Plants endemic (indigenous) to a region with in the modern era; naturally occurring and not introduced by humans

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Native species

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Non-native species that has become established in a region and propagates without human assistance

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Naturalized species

62
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Slenderleaf of a conifer

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Needle

63
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Point understand from which leaves branches and aerial roots are attached

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Node

64
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Scientific naming system for living organisms scientific names are Latin (Or latinized forms of other languages) and written in italics, the genus first (always starting with a capital letter) followed by the specific epithet. Always starting with lower case letter) and together making the species name

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Nomenclature

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Pertaining to leave our branch arrangement, leaves or branches situated at each node, across from each other on the stem

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Opposite

66
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Taxonomic group below the class level but above the family level

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Order

67
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And trees and other plants, the part of the flower that produces the ovules and becomes the fruit at maturity

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Ovary

68
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Monocotyledonous plant in the family Arecacea , usually with an unbranched trunk it’s leaves (fronds) are arranged around the terminal bud and the vascular bundles are scattered

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Palms

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Type of compound live with jeans are leaflets radiating in a fan like a pattern

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Palmate

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Stalk or support axis of a leaf between the stem and the blade

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Petiole

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Stalk of leaflet

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Petiolule

72
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Primary taxonomic group within a kingdom

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Phylum

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Type of compound leaf with leaflets along each side of common axis

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Pinnate

74
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Geographic origin of a plant, differing from the range of a species are aware of species can be expected to be Hardy.

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Provenance

75
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Short, soft hair is covering the surface or leaves or other plant parts

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Pubescence

76
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Plants varieties that are tolerant of, or not susceptible to, certain disease or pest problems or abiotic disorders

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Resistant varieties

77
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Dry, wind fruits that remain closed maturity

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Samara

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Sawtooth margin Of a leaf with the teeth pointed forward

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Serrate

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Single bladed leaf not composed of leaflets

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Simple leaf

80
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Space between two lobes of a leaf

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Sinus

81
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Taxonomic group of organisms composed of individuals of the same genus that can reproduce among themselves and have similar offspring

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Species

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Classification name that follows the genus name in scientific nomenclature

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Specific epithet

83
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Group of plants within a species having testing differences the car naturally usually within a specific geographic region

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Subspecies

84
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Science that studies the description, denomination, and classification of living organisms based on their similarities and differences

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Taxonomy

85
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But at the tip of a twig or shoot; apical bud

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Terminal bad

86
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Naturally occurring subdivision of a species having a distinct difference in breeding true to that difference

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Variety

87
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Plant with xylem and phloem elements for conducting water, nutrients, and photosynthates

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Vascular plant

88
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Arrangement of veins in a leaf

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Venatian

89
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Leaves, twigs, or branches arranged in a circle around a point on the stem

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Whorled

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