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Bodhi Tree
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Para rubber tree
Pará rubber tree , large tree ( Hevea brasiliensis ) of the family Euphorbiaceae ( spurge family), native to tropical South America and the source of the greatest amount and finest quality of natural rubber . Today most Pará rubber is produced from trees grown on plantations in Asia... Read more |
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European tree frog
Hyla arborea (European tree frog, green tree frog) See HYLIDAE.... Read more |
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Biomass
Biomass Suppose you take a walk in the forest one day and you look around you at all the trees and think, "That's a lot of wood, I wonder how much all these trees weigh?" Biologists ask the same question. Biomass is the total mass of all the trees (after the water has been... Read more |
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gum tree
gum tree name for the eucalyptus (see myrtle ) in Australia and for several other trees, e.g., the sweet gum, of the family Hamamelidaceae ( witch hazel family), and the black gum or tupelo in North America.... Read more |
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tree fern
tree fern any fern having a treelike trunk. Sometimes other similar primitive plants are also called tree fern, e.g., species of cycad .... Read more |
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bo tree
bo tree or pipal , fig tree ( Ficus religiosa ) of India held sacred by the Buddhists, who believe that Gautama received enlightenment under a bo tree at Bodh Gaya. A slip of this tree was planted at Anuradhapura to become one of the oldest known trees. The bo tree attains great size and age;... Read more |
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cypress
cypress common name for members of the Cupressaceae, a widely distributed family of coniferous shrubs and trees, several yielding valuable timber. The major genera are Juniperus ( juniper ), Thuja ( arborvitae ), and Cupressus (the true cypresses). Species of the latter, found in S Europe,... Read more |
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grafting
grafting horticultural practice of uniting parts of two plants so that they grow as one. The scion, or cion, the part grafted onto the stock or rooted part, may be a single bud, as in budding , or a cutting that has several buds. The stock may be a whole mature plant, such as an apple tree, or... Read more |
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Candy bars
Chocolate Background Chocolate, in all of its varied forms (candy bars, cocoa, cakes, cookies, coating for other candies and fruits) is probably America's favorite confection. With an annual per capita consumption of around 14 pounds (6 kilograms) per person, chocolate is as... Read more |
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