Cryptogamous+plant

  • 31Nardoo — Nar*doo (n[aum]r*d[=oo] ), n. (Bot.) An Australian name for {Marsilea Drummondii}, a four leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32mushroom — I. n. 1. Cryptogamous plant. 2. Upstart, parvenu. II. a. Ephemeral, short lived, transitory, transient …

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  • 33horsetail — n. 1 the tail of a horse (formerly used in Turkey as a standard, or as an ensign denoting the rank of a pasha). 2 any cryptogamous plant of the genus Equisetum, like a horse s tail, with a hollow jointed stem and scale like leaves. 3 = pony tail …

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  • 34moss — n. & v. n. 1 any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface of the ground, in bogs, on trees, stones, etc. 2 Sc. & N.Engl. a bog, esp. a peatbog. v.tr. cover with moss. Phrases and idioms: moss agate… …

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  • 35Lygus lineolaris — Plant Plant, n. [AS. plante, L. planta.] 1. A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion …

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  • 36taxonomy — taxonomic /tak seuh nom ik/, taxonomical, adj. taxonomically, adv. taxonomist, taxonomer, n. /tak son euh mee/, n. 1. the science or technique of classification. 2. Biol. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and… …

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  • 37Selaginella — Sel a*gi*nel la, n. [NL., fr. L. selago, inis, a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories. [1913… …

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  • 38Christmas fern — Fern Fern (f[ e]rn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the …

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  • 39Climbing fern — Fern Fern (f[ e]rn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the …

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  • 40Fern — (f[ e]rn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the back of… …

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