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• Nurse log — in Avatar Grove, BC A nurse log is a fallen tree which, as it decays, provides ecological facilitation to seedlings. Broader definitions include providing shade or support to other plants. Some of the advantages a nurse log offers to a seedling… …   Wikipedia

• Nurse tree — A nurse tree in an Oregon forest. A nurse tree is a larger, faster growing tree that shelters a smaller, slower growing tree or plant. The nurse tree can provide shade, shelter from wind, or protection from animals who would feed on the smaller… …   Wikipedia

• Nurse (disambiguation) — A nurse is a healthcare professional. Nurse or nurses may also refer to: Occupations and activities: Nursing, the healthcare profession Breastfeeding, also known as nursing Wet nurse, a woman who breastfeeds the baby of another Nursery nurse, a… …   Wikipedia

• nurse cells — 1. Cells of developing oocytes that provide material for further growth; trophocytes. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some species, the nurse cells synthesize nucleic acids and possibly protein and supply them to the oocyte via intercytoplasmic… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• nurse graft — noun : a plant graft in which the stock is intended to remain united with the scion only temporarily usually until the latter establishes roots of its own …   Useful english dictionary

• Night Nurse — Filmdaten Originaltitel Night Nurse Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Foster nurse — Foster Fos ter, a. [AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Glossary of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …   Wikipedia

• List of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …   Wikipedia

• reproductive system, plant — Introduction       any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative …   Universalium