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silver leaf
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peach leaf curl
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leaf insect
leaf insect common name given to herbivorous insects of leaflike appearance forming a single family in the order Phasmida. Leaf insects are green and have extremely flattened, irregularly shaped bodies, wings, and legs; they are usually about 4 in. (10 cm) long. Their wings often have venation... Read more |
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leaf mold
leaf mold crumbly brown humus typical of forest floors. It is composed of decayed leaves and other plant material mixed with soil.... Read more |
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Andre Masson
André Masson , 1896-1987, French painter and graphic artist. An exponent of surrealism until 1928, Masson developed "automatic writing" —spontaneous linear expressions of his personal mythology. After World War II he painted superb landscapes in Aix-en-Provence. His Meditation on... Read more |
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crowfoot
crowfoot name for plants with the leaf or some other part resembling the foot of a crow, particularly the buttercup .... Read more |
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oak
oak allusion is often made to the hardness and durability of the oak, and to the traditional use of oak timber for ships. In traditional rhymes, it may be linked and compared with other trees, as the ash and the thorn.The Oaks is an annual flat horse race for three-year-old fillies run on Epsom... Read more |
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sap
sap fluid in plants consisting of water and dissolved substances. Cell sap refers to this fluid present in the large vacuole, or cell cavity, that occupies most of the central portion of mature plant cells. The term sap is generally applied to all the fluid that travels through the vascular... Read more |
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protective clothing
protective clothing might be anything from a fig leaf to protect against embarrassment to a medieval knight's armour to ward off swords, arrows, and lances, or something in between.The term ‘protective clothing’ covers a wide range of products, including high visibility garments for... Read more |
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Food Web
Food Web All organisms, dead or alive, are potential food sources for other organisms. A caterpillar eats a leaf, a robin eats the caterpillar, a hawk eats the robin. Eventually, the tree and the hawk also die and are consumed by decomposers. Organisms in an ecological... Read more |
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