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groundnut — [ground′nut΄] n. 1. a plant with edible tubers or tuberlike parts, as the peanut 2. the edible tuber or tuberlike part … English World dictionary
fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… … Universalium
Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
quillwort — /kwil werrt , wawrt /, n. any fernlike, aquatic marsh plant of the genus Isoëtes, characterized by clustered, quill like leaves bearing sporangia in their bases. [1780 90; QUILL + WORT2] * * * ▪ plant any of about 150 species of plants in… … Universalium
spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots. Also called musquash root, spotted hemlock. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
tubercle — /tooh beuhr keuhl, tyooh /, n. 1. a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body. 2. Pathol. a. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling. b. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. 3.… … Universalium
cycadophyte — ▪ plant Introduction any member of a diverse collection of mostly extinct primitive gymnospermous plants. They probably had their origins among the progymnosperms of the Devonian Period (416 to 359 million years ago), possibly among a… … Universalium
Solanales — ▪ plant order Introduction potato order of flowering plants, including 5 families with 165 genera and more than 4,000 species. Two of the families are large and contain some of the most highly cultivated plants: Solanaceae (nightshades… … Universalium
Stangeria — ▪ plant genus genus of fernlike cycads (cycad), in the family Zamiaceae, native to coastal regions of southern Africa. The genus contains only a single species, S. eriopus (sometimes called S. paradoxa in older literature), which has a… … Universalium
tubercle — tu•ber•cle [[t]ˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu [/t]] n. 1) a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body 2) pat a) a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling b) such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis … From formal English to slang
