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  2. Melliferous flower - Wikipedia

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    A melliferous flower is a plant which produces substances that can be collected by insects and turned into honey. [1] Many plants are melliferous, but only certain examples can be harvested by honey bees, because of their physiognomy (body size and shape, length of proboscis, etc.).

  3. Cauliflory - Wikipedia

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    The branches grow to and along the ground and even below it. As a result, the plant or tree's flowers can appear to emerge from the soil. Examples are known mostly from the plant families Annonaceae and Moraceae such as a species of Desmopsisterriflora but also include Couroupita guianensis (Lecythidaceae) and the cactus Weberocereus tunilla .

  4. Founder crops - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, the Israeli botanist Daniel Zohary and the German botanist Maria Hopf formulated their founder crops hypothesis. They proposed that eight plant species were domesticated by early Neolithic farming communities in Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent) and went on to form the basis of agricultural economies across much of Eurasia, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North ...

  5. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/M - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples macer-lean: Latin: macer: emaciate, macerate, meager macr-[1]long: Greek: μακρός (makrós), μακρότης (makrótēs) "length"

  6. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  7. Gabriel's Wing - Wikipedia

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    Salman the mellifluous; Kings and crowns and armies; Stanza: The style may not he vivid and lively, still; Quatrains. All potent wine is emptied of Thy cask; Make our hearts the seats of mercy and love; Estranging are the ways in the holy precinct; O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas; Am I bound by space, or beyond space?

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/H–O - Wikipedia

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    Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with other letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z L Root Meaning in English Origin language ...

  9. Doctor Mellifluus - Wikipedia

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    And there are some who seek knowledge in order to be known themselves; and this is unseemly vanity . . . and there are also those who seek knowledge in order to sell their knowledge, for example, for money or for honors; and this is unseemly quest for gain. But there are also those who seek knowledge in order to edify, and this is charity.