horsehair lichen — noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair • Syn: ↑horsetail lichen • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoria, ↑genus Alectoria * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Alectoria — noun lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much branched cylindrical thallus • Syn: ↑genus Alectoria • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Usneaceae, ↑family Usneaceae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
genus Alectoria — noun lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much branched cylindrical thallus • Syn: ↑Alectoria • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Usneaceae, ↑family Usneaceae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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
On Nature's Trail — was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County,… … Wikipedia
Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… … Wikipedia
Kobuk River — The Kobuk River is approximately convert|280|mi|km|0|lk=on long, located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. [USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO… … Wikipedia
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Ukkusiksalik National Park — Infobox protected area|name=Ukkusiksalik National Park iucn category=II caption=Location of Ukkusiksalik National Park in Canada locator x=135 locator y=98 location=Nunavut, Canada nearest city=Chesterfield Inlet lat degrees=65 lat minutes=20 lat … Wikipedia
Wort plants — This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable wort in their English language common names. According to the Oxford English Dictionary s Ask Oxford site, A word with the suffix wort is often very old. The… … Wikipedia