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  2. Bougainvillea - Wikipedia

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    Bougainvillea, Behbahan.Many of the small white flowers, in various stages of development, may be seen among the larger bracts. Bougainvillea (/ ˌ b uː ɡ ən ˈ v ɪ l i. ə / BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also / ˌ b oʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae.

  3. Calochortus - Wikipedia

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    Calochortus flowers have six tepals.Unlike most other Liliaceae, Calochortus tepals are in two series that differ in size and color. [7] The outer three are generally narrower and more sepal-like, while the inner three are larger, usually with bright marks at the base, [8] and are often described as petals. [9]

  4. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    3. Sterile flower s, e.g. in Muscari and Leopoldia, at the apex of some inflorescences. 4. A tuft of hairs at the base of some flowers, e.g. in Pfaffia gnaphalioides. 5. A tuft of hairs at the apex or base of some spikelet s. 6. An axil tuft of hairs in inflorescences in some Poaceae, e.g. in Eragrostis comata. commercial name

  5. Tillandsia - Wikipedia

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    The flowers typically involve bright, vibrant colors, with blooms or inflorescences produced on a stalk or several stalks. [6] The flower's color varies greatly; red, yellow, purple and pink flowers exist in this genus, and multicolored flowers are known. The bright colors attract pollinators. An air plant's foliage may also change color when ...

  6. Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    Photosynthesis usually refers to oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that produces oxygen. Photosynthetic organisms store the chemical energy so produced within intracellular organic compounds (compounds containing carbon) like sugars, glycogen , cellulose and starches .

  7. Photosymbiosis - Wikipedia

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    Sponges (phylum Porifera) have a large diversity of photosymbiote associations. Photosymbiosis is found in four classes of Porifera (Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, Homoscleromorpha, and Calcarea), and known photosynthetic partners are cyanobacteria, chloroflexi, dinoflagellates, and red and green (Chlorophyta) algae.

  8. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs - Wikipedia

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    The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...

  9. Photophosphorylation - Wikipedia

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    This word is taken from two Greek words, photos, which means light, and synthesis, which in chemistry means making a substance by combining simpler substances. So, in the presence of light, synthesis of food is called 'photosynthesis'. Noncyclic photophosphorylation through light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis at the thylakoid membrane.