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plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
Plant physiology — is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology, of plants.Salisbury, Frank B. Cleon W. Ross, 1992. Plant physiology , 4th ed. (Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing). ISBN 0 534 15162 0] Closely related fields include … Wikipedia
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — (APHIS) is an operating unit of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).APHIS mission (2003): To protect the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources. APHIS aims to protect American animals, plants, and the… … Wikipedia
Animal source foods — (ASF) include any food item that comes from an animal source such as meat, milk, fish, eggs, cheese and yogurt. Many individuals do not consume ASF or consume little ASF by either personal choice or necessity as ASF may not be accessible or… … Wikipedia
Plant virus — Plant viruses are viruses affecting plants.Plant viruses, like all other viruses, are obligate intracellular parasites that do not have the molecular machinery to replicate without the host. The plant viruses are defined as viruses pathogenic to… … Wikipedia
Animal testing regulations — vary around the world. Most governments aim to control the number of times individual animals may be used; the overall numbers used; and the degree of pain that may be inflicted without anaesthetic.EuropeExperiments on vertebrate animals in the… … Wikipedia
plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… … Universalium
Plant morphology — (or phytomorphology) is the general term for the study of the morphology (physical form and external structure) of plants. [Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, S. E. Eichhorn. Biology of Plants , 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). ISBN 0… … Wikipedia
plant´like´ — plant «plant, plahnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. any living thing that is not an animal; a vegetable, in the widest sense. A plant is traditionally distinguished from an animal by the absence of locomotion and of special organs of sensation and… … Useful english dictionary
Animal repellent — Animal repellents are products designed to keep certain animals away from objects, areas, people, plants, or other animals.OverviewRepellents generally work by taking advantage of an animal s natural aversion to something, and often the thing… … Wikipedia