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water clover

(Encyclopedia)water clover, common name for various species of aquatic ferns. ...

water fern

(Encyclopedia)water fern, common name for various species of aquatic ferns. ...

myrtle

(Encyclopedia)myrtle, common name for the Myrtaceae, a family of shrubs and trees almost entirely of tropical regions, especially in America and Australia. The family is characterized by leaves (usually evergreen) ...

laurel, in botany

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, a member of the laurel family laurel, common name for the Lauraceae, a family of forest trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical SE Asia but also abundant in tro...

Brachiopoda

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Internal anatomy of a lamp shell, Magellania, representative of the phylum Brachiopoda Brachiopoda brākēŏpˈədə [key], phylum of shelled sessile or sedentary marine animals, commonly know...

plum, in botany

(Encyclopedia)plum, common name for a tree of any of many species of the genus Prunus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a drupe. The plum is generally cultivated in the temperate zones, though...

butterfly

(Encyclopedia)butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most adult moths and but...

lily

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particul...

turtle

(Encyclopedia)turtle, a reptile of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields. The upper portion...

jack-o'-lantern

(Encyclopedia)jack-o'-lantern, common name for the mushroom species Clitocybe illudens. ...