(Encyclopedia) weed, common term for any wild plant, particularly an undesired plant, growing in cultivated ground, where it competes with crop plants for soil nutrients and water. In their natural…
(Encyclopedia) stock, in botany, common name for any species of the genus Matthiola, for Malcomia maritima (Virginia stock), and for the wallflower, all belonging to the family Cruciferae (or…
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Figwort, Scrophularia lanceolata
figwort, common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over…
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Deptford pink, Dianthus armeria
pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the…
Fall Poetry Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being . . .—Percy Bysshe Shelley compiled by David Johnson No spring, nor summer beauty hath such graceAs I have seen in one…
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Carrion, a favorite treat of scavengers, is the flesh of dead and rotting animals. Scavengers are animals that feed on dead or injured animals. Scavengers are not usually held in high esteem, but…
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