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  2. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    Having flowers or fruits growing directly from a tree's branches or trunk. [27] cauline Borne on an aerial stem or caulis, as with leaves, flowers, or fruits (when applied to the latter two organs, usually referring to older stems. caulirosulate Borne at the end of the stem or caulis, as with leaves or bracts. cell 1.

  3. Totora (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The Uru people also use the totora plant to make boats (balsas) of the bundled dried plant reeds. [4] In Titicaca, it commonly grows at a water depth of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) but occurs less frequently as deep as 5.5 m (18 ft).

  4. List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H) - Wikipedia

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    Epithets from proper nouns, proper adjectives, and two or more nouns are excluded, along with epithets used only in species names that are no longer widely accepted. Classical and modern meanings are provided in the third column, along with citations to Charlton T. Lewis 's An Elementary Latin Dictionary .

  5. Roses and Castles - Wikipedia

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    Items typically painted in the roses and castles style include internal furniture and fittings, as well as the boat's headlamp and water cans. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In The Inland Waterways of England , L. T. C. Rolt described how boatmen would gladly decorate any part of their vessel in "fabulous castle scenes with garlands of roses", and compared the ...

  6. Erythrina - Wikipedia

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    Indian pied myna (Gracupica contra) feeding on Indian coral tree (E. variegata) flowers in Kolkata, India. A flower of most known Erythrina species is made of long top petals that fold into a boat or spade shape and curve backwards from the stem while the bottom petals enclose its stamens; both together make almost a butterfly shape.

  7. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Wikipedia

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    The flower of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is the official state flower of West Bengal and is called shiuli or shephali in Bengali. [13] The "shiuli" flowers bloom during the autumn season in Bengal and are offered to goddess Durga on the festival of Durga Puja. The flowers are associated with the autumn season and Durga Puja in Bengal. Many Durga ...

  8. Vitex parviflora - Wikipedia

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    Vitex parviflora [2] is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree [3] or the molave tree. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from mulawin , [ 4 ] the Tagalog word for the tree.

  9. Wikipedia : Naming conventions (ships)

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    Many types of ship, such as American PT boats and German U-boats, are officially known only by a hull number. In these cases, it can be best to spell out the ship type (e.g. German submarine U-238), but be sure the ship type name is correct. In many cases, the designation is not an abbreviation and may not relate directly to a ship's class or ...