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Botanical Terms – Acidophile (or prone to acidity)
applied to "acid-loving" creatures, or those that thrive in environments with high acidity
applied to "acid-loving" creatures, or those that thrive in environments with high acidity
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Botanical Terms - acetic acid bacterium
A *bacterium that produces acetic acid from ethanol (ethyl alcohol).
A *bacterium that produces acetic acid from ethanol (ethyl alcohol).
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Botanical Terms - Acetobacter (family *Acetobacteraceae)
A genus of Gram-negative, *aerobic *bacteria. Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped, motile or non-motile. Most strains can oxidize ethanol (ethyl alcohol) to carbon dioxide, forming acetic acid as an intermediate. Some species are used in the manufacture of vinegar. They are found on fruits and vegetables, in alcoholic beverages (in which they can cause spoilage), etc.
A genus of Gram-negative, *aerobic *bacteria. Cells are ovoid or rod-shaped, motile or non-motile. Most strains can oxidize ethanol (ethyl alcohol) to carbon dioxide, forming acetic acid as an intermediate. Some species are used in the manufacture of vinegar. They are found on fruits and vegetables, in alcoholic beverages (in which they can cause spoilage), etc.
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Botanical Terms - Aceraceae
a small family comprising two genera of trees, Dipteronia and Acer (which includes two *species that are unique to China). The family belongs to the order Sapindales in the APG classification and is connected to the *Hippocastanaceae.
a small family comprising two genera of trees, Dipteronia and Acer (which includes two *species that are unique to China). The family belongs to the order Sapindales in the APG classification and is connected to the *Hippocastanaceae.
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Botanical Terms – accumulator
1. A pioneer plant species whose actions are thought to fill the *abiotic environment with nutrients in plant *succession investigations. 2. A plant that gathers specific elements, like selenium.
1. A pioneer plant species whose actions are thought to fill the *abiotic environment with nutrients in plant *succession investigations. 2. A plant that gathers specific elements, like selenium.
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Botanical Terms - aceae
a conventional suffix that, in accepted categorization systems, designates a family of plants (e.g. *Rosaceae, the rose family).
a conventional suffix that, in accepted categorization systems, designates a family of plants (e.g. *Rosaceae, the rose family).
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Botanical Terms - acentric
applied to a segment of a *chromosome without a *centromere that is created during cell division. Because it no longer has a point of attachment to the *spindle, the fragment will not be able to migrate with the rest of the chromosomes towards either pole.
applied to a segment of a *chromosome without a *centromere that is created during cell division. Because it no longer has a point of attachment to the *spindle, the fragment will not be able to migrate with the rest of the chromosomes towards either pole.
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Botanical Terms - Acer (*Aceraceae family)
a genus of trees where the leaves are either entirely, oppositely lobed, or frequently palmately lobed (but A. negundo, box elder, has pinnate leaves). Flowers are borne in *racemes, *corymbs, or *umbels and are regular, pentamerous flowers. It's a *samara fruit. These trees are valuable for their lumber; many of the little Japanese species and cultivars are beautiful; and A. saccharum is the primary source of maple syrup in North America. In Britain, sycamore (A. pseudoplatanus), native to southern Europe, has naturalized, while field maple (A. campestre) grows wild. There are roughly 128 species, most of which are found in northern temperate regions with a small number found in tropical mountains. The majority of native species are found in China.
a genus of trees where the leaves are either entirely, oppositely lobed, or frequently palmately lobed (but A. negundo, box elder, has pinnate leaves). Flowers are borne in *racemes, *corymbs, or *umbels and are regular, pentamerous flowers. It's a *samara fruit. These trees are valuable for their lumber; many of the little Japanese species and cultivars are beautiful; and A. saccharum is the primary source of maple syrup in North America. In Britain, sycamore (A. pseudoplatanus), native to southern Europe, has naturalized, while field maple (A. campestre) grows wild. There are roughly 128 species, most of which are found in northern temperate regions with a small number found in tropical mountains. The majority of native species are found in China.
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otanical Terms - Aceraceae
a small family comprising two genera of trees, Dipteronia and Acer (which includes two *species that are unique to China). The family belongs to the order Sapindales in the APG classification and is connected to the *Hippocastanaceae.
a small family comprising two genera of trees, Dipteronia and Acer (which includes two *species that are unique to China). The family belongs to the order Sapindales in the APG classification and is connected to the *Hippocastanaceae.
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Botanical Terms - Acervulus
an asexual, conidia-bearing structure that some plant-parasitic *fungi create. It is composed of a mat of fungal tissue bearing a layer of *conidiophores, which are generated inside the tissues of plants and then break through to release conidia.
an asexual, conidia-bearing structure that some plant-parasitic *fungi create. It is composed of a mat of fungal tissue bearing a layer of *conidiophores, which are generated inside the tissues of plants and then break through to release conidia.
