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  2. Fletching - Wikipedia

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    As a noun, fletching refers collectively to the fins or vanes, each of which individually is known as a fletch. Traditionally, the fletching consists of three matched half-feathers attached near the back of the arrow or shaft of the dart that are equally spaced 120° degree intervals around its circumference.

  3. Flèche (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Two pictures of Notre-Dame de Paris with its 19th century flèche, lost to fire in 2019. Flèche of St Michael's Castle , St Petersburg , designed by Vasily Bazhenov . [ 2 ] Model of the flèche of Notre-Dame de Paris made for Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1859) (Museum of Historic Monuments, Paris)

  4. Flèche - Wikipedia

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    Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire; Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition;

  5. Botanical illustration - Wikipedia

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    New developments include American hospital radiologist Dr. Dain L. Tasker (1872–1964) making X-ray pictures of flowers in the 1930s. [ 67 ] The electron microscope (second half of the 20th century) made it possible to classify life into five or six kingdoms, three of which relate to botany (fungi, plants, chromista ).

  6. Floral diagram - Wikipedia

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    A floral diagram is a graphic representation of the structure of a flower. It shows the number of floral organs, their arrangement and fusion. Different parts of the flower are represented by their respective symbols. Floral diagrams are useful for flower identification or can help in understanding angiosperm evolution.

  7. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces. [note 1]

  8. Millefleur - Wikipedia

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    In fact most of the very large sets do not fully use the style, with the meadow of flowers extending right to the top of the picture space. The early Devonshire Hunting Tapestries (1420s) have naturalistic landscape backgrounds, seen from a somewhat elevated viewpoint, so that the lower two-thirds or so of each scene has a millefleur background ...

  9. Aquilegia - Wikipedia

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    Aquilegia (common names: granny's bonnet, [2] columbine) is a genus of about 130 species [1] of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher elevations throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals [3] of their flowers.