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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan — Infobox Book | name = Snow Flower and the Secret Fan author = Lisa See cover artist = country = US language = English genre = Novel publisher = Random House, Inc. release date = 2005 media type = pages = isbn = preceded by = Dragon Bones followed … Wikipedia
Cuban Flower Bat — Cuban Flower Bat[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2 … Wikipedia
Artificial flower — Artificial flowers and imitations of natural flowers are sometimes made for scientific purposes (the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University, for example, which illustrates the flora of the United States), but more often as articles of… … Wikipedia
adder's-tongue — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also adder tongue (plural adder s tongues also adder tongues) Etymology: so called from the shape of its fruiting spike 1. : a fern of the genus Ophioglossum 2 … Useful english dictionary
sultan flower — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tongueflower — noun orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue shaped or strap shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base • Syn: ↑tongue flower • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Glossodia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
orchidaceous plant — noun any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors • Syn: ↑orchid • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Hyponyms: ↑orchis, ↑aerides, ↑angrecum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Glossodia — noun small genus of Australian orchids • Syn: ↑Glossodia • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family … Useful english dictionary
Glossodia — noun small genus of Australian orchids • Syn: ↑genus Glossodia • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orc … Useful english dictionary
chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by … Universalium
