A Wisdom Archive on Plant

Borage (Borago officinalis), also known as "starflower", is an annual herb native to central and eastern Europe. It grows to a height of 60-100 cm, and is bristly-hairy all over the stems and leaves; the leaves are alternate, simple, and 5-15 cm long. The flowers are small, blue or pink, with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals. It produces plenty of seeds and thus continues to grow and s ...

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See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (information regarding the plural of catcus below) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae. The Cactaceae has (depending upon the authority) between 24 and 220 genera, with around 90 genera being the most widely accepted count, and with anywhere from 1,500 to 1,800 species. Cacti are well-know ... Including:

• Cactus - Plural

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A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). These plant communities cover large areas of the globe and function as carbon dioxide sinks, animal habitats, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth's biosphere. Forests can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth, at altitudes up to the tree-line, except where natural fire frequency is too high, or where the tree growing environment has ... Including:

• Forest - Classification
• Forest - Forest management
• Forest - General
• Forest - Activities related to forest
• Forest - Forests by country
• Forest - Lists

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Life is a multi-faceted concept that may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part the period between the conception (the point at which the entity can be considered to be an individualized being) and death of an organism the condition of an entity between conception and death that which makes a living thing alive. Life - Defining the concept of life. Life - A conventional definition. In biology, a ... Including:

• Life - Defining the concept of life
• Life - A conventional definition
• Life - Exceptions to the conventional definition
• Life - Other definitions
• Life - Descent with modification: a useful characteristic
• Life - Origin of life
• Life - The possibility of extraterrestrial life

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The scientific study of forests is referred to as forest ecology, while the management of forests is often referred to as forestry, often with the goal of sustainable resource extraction. Forest ecologists concentrate on forest patterns and processes, usually with the aim of elucidating cause and effect relationships. Foresters often focus on wood extraction and silviculture, including tree regeneration and growth processes. Forests can be altered when logging, forest fires, acid rain, herbivores, or diseases, among other things, caus ...

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Life - A conventional definition. In biology, a life form has traditionally been considered to be a member of a population whose members can exhibit all the following phenomena at least once during their existence: Growth, full development, maturity Metabolism, consuming, transforming and storing energy/mass; growing by absorbing and reorganizing mass; excreting waste Motion, either moving itself, or having internal motion Reproduction, the ability of individuals to create ...

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The marine ecosystem is large, and thus there are many subfields of marine biology. Most involve studying specializations of particular species. Other subfields study the physical effects of continual immersion in sea water and the ocean in general, adaptation to a salty environment, and the affects of changing various oceanic properties on marine life. A subfield of marine biology studies the relationships between oceans and ocean life, and global weather and environmental i ...

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Main article: Origin of life There is no truly "standard" model of the origin of life, but most currently accepted scientific models build in one way or another on the following discoveries, which are listed roughly in order of postulated emergence: Plausible pre-biotic conditions result in the creation of the basic small molecules of life. This was demonstrated in the Urey-Miller experiment. Phospholipids spontaneously form lipid bilayers, the basic structure of a cell membrane. Procedures for producing random RNA molecules can produce ribozymes, which are able to produce more of themselves ...

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Main articles: Extraterrestrial life, Astrobiology At this time, Earth is the only planet in the universe known by humans to support life. The question of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe remains open, but analyses such as the Drake equation have been used to estimate the probability of such life existing. There have been a number of claims of the discovery of life elsewhere in the u ...

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Plant-Psi or Plantpsi:
A little-used term for psychic phenomena involving the interaction of plants with humans, each other and the environment.

 
(See also: Plant-Psi, Plantpsi, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary )

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Myrobalan
an Ayurvedic medicinal plant.

 
(See also: Myrobalan, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul )

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HERB: a plant used in cooking, cosmetics, medically and, or in magick.

 
(See also: HERB, Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary )

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Lotus, Lord of the. A title applied to the various creative gods, as also to the Lords of the Universe of which this plant is the symbol. ("See Lotus".)

 
(See also: Lotus, Lord of the, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary,  )

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TINCTURE: a liquid produced by soaking plant parts (herbs), in ethyl alcohol or vinegar, to produce a scented liquid.

 
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Sanaka (Sanskrit). A sacred plant, the fibres of which are woven into yellow robes for Buddhist priests.

 
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