Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia - Plant
Plants are a major group of living things (about 300,000 species), including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, and ferns....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annual Plant: Encyclopedia - Annual Plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Annuals are often used in gardens to provide splashes o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plant, Plants: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Plant, Plants
Plant, Plants   See VEGETABLE KINGDOM   (See also: Plant, Plants , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant - Embryophytes
Most familiar are the multicellular land plants, called embryophytes. They include the vascular plants, plants with full systems of leave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woody Plant: Encyclopedia - Woody Plant
A woody plant is any vascular plant that has a perennial stem that is above ground and covered by bark, that is, one that supports contin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biennial Plant: Encyclopedia - Biennial Plant
A Biennial plant is a plant that takes between twelve and twenty-four months to complete its lifecycle. In the first year the plant grows...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant
Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. They compri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aquatic Plant: Encyclopedia - Aquatic Plant
Aquatic plants — also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes — are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bindi Plant: Encyclopedia - Bindi Plant
Bindi weed (also called bindii or bindi-eye) is a weed plant known for its barbed seeds. It appears with small green feathery leaves, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Plant: Encyclopedia - Beta Plant
(not necessarily a complete list) Beta adanensis Beta atriplicifolia Beta lomatogona Beta nana Beta patellaris Beta patula Beta procumben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugle Plant: Encyclopedia - Bugle Plant
See text Ajuga is a genus of about 40-50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, with m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veronica Plant: Encyclopedia - Veronica Plant
See text Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with 200-250 species; it was formerly classified in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yowie Plant: Encyclopedia - Yowie Plant
It is a marijuana plant. Smoke this. It is soooooooo good. Actually, don't. It will kill you. Never do drugs kids, never do drugs. PLease...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Century Plant: Encyclopedia - Century Plant
The Century Plant or Maguey (Agave americana) is an agave originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide. It has a spreading rosette (up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violet Plant: Encyclopedia - Violet Plant
List of Viola species Violets (Viola) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae, with around 400-500 species throughout the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castor Oil Plant: Encyclopedia - Castor Oil Plant
The castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valerian Plant: Encyclopedia - Valerian Plant
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis, Valerianaceae) is a hardy perennial flowering plant, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hop Plant: Encyclopedia - Hop Plant
Humulus lupulus L. Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc. Humulus yunnanensis Hu The hop (Humulus) is a small genus of flowering plants, n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant
A carnivorous plant is a plant that derives some or most of its nutrients (but not energy) by trapping and consuming animals, especially ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Companion Planting: Encyclopedia - Companion Planting
Companion planting in gardening and agriculture is planting of different crops in close physical proximity. It is a form of polyculture. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant: Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant
Mandragora autumnalis Mandragora officinarum Mandragora turcomanica Mandragora caulescens Mandrake is the common name for members of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aa Plant: Encyclopedia - Aa Plant
See text Aa Rchb.f. 1854, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The genus name apparently was rendered by the author ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vascular Plant: Encyclopedia - Vascular Plant
The vascular plants are plants in the Kingdom Plantae (also called Viridiplantae) that have specialized tissues for conducting water. Vas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemisia Plant: Encyclopedia - Artemisia Plant
See text Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with about 180 species belonging to the daisy family (Asteraceae). It comprises ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fossil Fuel Power Plant: Encyclopedia - Fossil Fuel Power Plant
A fossil fuel power plant (FFPP) (also known as steam electric power plant in the US, thermal power plant in Asia, or power station in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usda Plant Hardiness Zone: Encyclopedia - Usda Plant Hardiness Zone
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones are areas in North America categorized according to their lowest winter temperatures. The current map was revi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimera Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimera Plant - Types Of Plant Chimera
Chimera plant - Variegated plants. The best-known plant chimeras are those cultivated for their variegation. Generally the genetic diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Classification
The flowering plants are usually treated as a division. As this is a group above the rank of family there is a free choice of name: Art 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Classical Plant Breeding
Classical plant breeding uses deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related species to produce new crops with desir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pitcher Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Pitcher Plant - Types Of Pitcher Plant
The families of Nepenthaceae and Sarraceniaceae are the best-known and most speciose groups of pitcher plants. The Nepenthaceae contains ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - History
The botanical term "Angiosperm" (Greek: αγγειον, receptacle, and σπερμα, seed) was coined in the form Angiospermae by Paul H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Origins
The trend of the evolution of the plant kingdom has been in the direction of the establishment of a vegetation of fixed habit and adapted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Sexuality - Evolution
Plant sexuality - Angiosperms. It is thought that flowering plants evolved from a common hermaphrodite ancestor, and that dioecy evolve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Poisonous Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Poisonous Plants - Poisonous Ornamental Plants
List of poisonous plants - Notes. poinsettias are notable for not being poisonous despite persistent beliefs to the contrary. [1] ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Domestication
Domestication of plants is a selection process conducted by humans to produce plants that meet the needs of the farmer and the consumer. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandrake Plant - Bible
Mandrake, from Heb., dud‘, meaning "love plant", which Orientals believe ensures conception. All interpreters hold Mandragora officinar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roselle Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Roselle Plant - Uses
Primarily, the plant is cultivated for the production for bast fibre from the stem of the plant. The fibre may be used as a substitute fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Classification
The classification of all flowering plants is currently in a state of flux. In the Cronquist system, the Droseraceae and Nepenthaceae wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hop Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Hop Plant - Cultivation
Hop plant - History. The first documented instance of hop cultivation was in 736, in the Hallertau region of present-day Germany, altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Domestication
Domestication of plants is a selection process conducted by humans to produce plants that meet the needs of the farmer and the consumer. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pitcher Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Pitcher Plant - Localities
Pitcher plants occur in a a rather restricted set of locations around the world. Sarracenia are native along the eastern seaboard of Nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandrake Plant - Anæsthesia
Like many of its relatives of the Solanaceae, Mandragora contains a range of tropane alkaloid drugs of: atropine, hyoscyamine, and others...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Cultivation
Although different species of carnivorous plants have different requirements in terms of sunlight, humidity, soil moisture, etc., there a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Vegetative Organs
As in Gymnosperms, branching is monopodial; dichotomy or the forking of the growing point into two equivalent branches which replace the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Evolution
Elucidating the evolution of carnivorous plants is made difficult by the paucity of their fossil record. Very few fossils have been found...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Genetic Modification
Genetic modification of plants is achieved by adding a specific gene or genes to a plant, or by knocking out a gene with RNAi, to produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - Economic Importance
Flowering plants provide a very high percentage of the base food for human use, whether directly or through livestock feed. Of all the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - The Flower Fruit And Seed
The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower, which shows remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provides the most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flowering Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Flowering Plant - The Flower, Fruit, And Seed
The characteristic feature of angiosperms is the flower, which shows remarkable variation in form and elaboration, and provides the most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant 42: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant 42 - History
The property now called Plant 42 was first activated as an emergency air landing strip in 1940 prior to the entry of the United States in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Plant - Description
There are many species of Iris, widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone. Their habitats are very varied and range from col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Plant - Cultivation
The bearded iris variety is for the most part the easiest to cultivate and the most easily propagated. They have become very popular in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Sexuality - Morphological Mechanisms
Plant sexuality - Flower morphology. A species, such as the ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), demonstrates the possible range of variation i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Nutrition - Plant Uses For Essential Nutrients
Each of these nutrients are used in a different place for a different essential function. Carbon Carbon is what most of the plant is m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemisia Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Artemisia Plant - Wormwoods
Absinth wormwood or green ginger (Artemisia absinthium) was used to repel fleas and moths, and in brewing (wormwood beer, wormwood wine)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacques Plante: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacques Plante - Playing Career
Plante began playing in the NHL in 1952 for the Montreal Canadiens, where he became well known and played the majority of his career. Pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Issues And Concerns
Modern plant breeding, whether classical or through genetic engineering, comes with issues of concern, particularly with regard to food c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invasive Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - Invasive Plants - Introduction
While the majority of introduced plant species pose neither economic nor ecological problems, a few species become invasive and damaging ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant System: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant System - History
The Savannah and Albany Railroad was chartered December 25, 1847 to connect Savannah to Albany, Georgia. In 1853 it was renamed as the Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Plants - Plants From Fiction
List of fictional plants - Plants from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. Alfirin - bell-shaped golden flower. Athelas - healing plant ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Private Life Of Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - The Private Life Of Plants - Episodes
The Private Life of Plants - Travelling. This episode shows how plants travel from place to place: as seeds, by growing or by being car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Trapping Mechanisms
There are five basic trapping mechanisms that have evolved in carnivorous plants. These are: Pitfall traps (pitcher plants), which trap ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Ecology And Modelling Of Carnivory
Carnivorous plants are widespread but rather rare: there are only about 600 species, out of about 250 000 flowering plants. They are almo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnivorous Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnivorous Plant - Ecology And Modelling Of Carnivory
Carnivorous plants are widespread but rather rare: there are only about 600 species, out of about 250,000 flowering plants. They are almo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Propagation: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Propagation - Asexual Propagation
Plants have a number of mechanisms for asexual or vegetative reproduction, these have been taken advantage of by horticulturists, and gar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgenic Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgenic Plants - Ecological Risks
The potential impact on nearby ecosystems is one of the greatest concerns associated with transgenic plants. Transgenes have the potentia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandrake Plant - Magic, Spells And Witchcraft
Extract from Chapter XVI, Witchcraft and Spells: Transcendental Magic its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi. A Complete Translation of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandrake Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandrake Plant - Magic Spells And Witchcraft
Extract from Chapter XVI, Witchcraft and Spells: Transcendental Magic its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi. A Complete Translation of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Propagation: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Propagation - Sexual Propagation Seed
Seeds and spores can be used to propagate plants. Seeds are typically produced from sexual reproduction within a species, since genetic r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin
Plant started his career singing in a variety of bands including Band of Joy. His early efforts met with no commercial success, but word ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant City Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant City Florida - Geography
Plant City is located at 28°0'51" North, 82°7'44" West (28.014250, -82.128864)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Senescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Senescence - Programmed Senscence
Programmed Senscence seems to be heavily influenced by plant hormones. The hormones Abscisic Acid and Ethylene are accepted by most scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Plant - Solo Career
After the band's breakup following the sudden death of drummer John Bonham in 1980, Plant pursued a successful solo career. Popular track...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Plant - Taxonomic Issues
Up to 300 species have been placed in the genus Iris. Modern classifications, starting with W. R. Dykes' 1913 book, have subdivided them....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant 42: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant 42 - Past Projects
Past projects included: Each of the Space Shuttles Modernization of the Space Shuttle Columbia's cockpit area Lockheed L-1011 Tristar pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Cell - Tissue Types
These three major classes of cells can then differentiate to form the tissue structures of roots, stems, and leaves. All plants have thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Power Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Power Plant - Types Of Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear power plants are classified according to the type of reactor used. However some installations have several independent units, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invasive Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - Invasive Plants - Conditions That Lead To Invasion
Scientific literature proposes several mechanisms to explain invasiveness. These mechanisms generally fall into two different categories:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Static Inverter Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Static Inverter Plant - Components
Static inverter plant - Direct current switchgear. The direct current equipment often includes a coil for smoothing of the direct curre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flora Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - Flora Plants - Flora Work
Traditionally floras are books, but some are now published on CD-ROM or websites. The area that a flora covers may be either geographical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invasive Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - Invasive Plants - Human Impact
Humans have the greatest impact on the problem of invasive species. Nearly all ecosystem disturbances come from various forms of human ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moscow Metallurgical Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Moscow Metallurgical Plant - 2004
The major markets are Russia (85%), Belarus (12%), and Ukraine (1%) Non-CIS market is within 1-2%. Moscow City has a considerable share o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jardin Des Plantes: Encyclopedia Ii - Jardin Des Plantes - Garden Plan
The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle is situated within the garden. It is made up of four galleries: the Grande Galerie de l'Evoluti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plants From Star Wars Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Plants From Star Wars Universe - H
Hassling is a hard plant on the planet Doldur. Hsuberry tree These are plants on Naboo that grow a delicious fruit. ... See also:Plan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Base Load Power Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Base Load Power Plant - Typical Power Plant Usage
Nuclear and coal power plants may take many hours, if not days, to achieve a steady state power output. On the other hand, they have low ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Private Life Of Plants: Encyclopedia Ii - The Private Life Of Plants - Background Information
The series makes extensive use of time-lapse sequences in order to grant insights that would otherwise be almost impossible. As Attenboro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fossil Fuel Power Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Fossil Fuel Power Plant - Super Critical Steam Plants
Above the critical point for water of 705 °F (374 °C) and 3212 lbf/in³ (22.1 MPa), there is no phase transition from water to steam, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species - Fake Or Pseudo-aquarium Plants
Several species of land plants such as umbrella pine and aluminum plant (Pilea cadairei) are also frequently sold as "aquarium plants". W...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plant Psi: Parapsychology Dictionary On Plant Psi
Plant Psi: ESP exhibited by plants.   (See also: Plant Psi , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Power Plant: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Power Plant
POWER PLANT - plant or flower with psycholiopic qualities or energies. (NAD)   (See also: POWER PLANT , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agency Plant: Insurance Terms Dictionary - Agency Plant
Definition and meaning of Agency Plant :   Agency Plant: The total force of agents representing an insurer.  (Source: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visionary Plants: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Visionary Plants
Plants that have hallucinogenic properties, such as ayahuasca, peyote, datura, and psychedelic mushrooms.   (See also: visiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plant Alchemy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Plant Alchemy
plant alchemy (spagyrics): A form of herbalism based on astrologic and alchemic (parachemical) principles. One of the major goals of a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enlightenment Of Plants: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Enlightenment Of Plants
Enlightenment of plants (Jpn.: somoku-jobutsu)   Also, enlightenment of insentient beings. The enlightenment of grass, trees, roc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nonvascular Plant: Oceanography Dictionary - Nonvascular Plant
  Definition and meaning of nonvascular plant:   nonvascular plant - a plant which lacks tissues to conduct water and nu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vascular Plant: Oceanography Dictionary - Vascular Plant
  Definition and meaning of vascular plant:   vascular plant - any plant containing a system of vessels which transport ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant - Fossils
Plant fossils include roots, wood, leaves, seeds, fruit, pollen, spores, phytoliths, and amber (the fossilized resin produced by some pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant - Growth
It is a common misconception that most of the solid material in a plant is taken from the soil, when in fact almost all of it is actually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant - Algae And Fungi
The algae comprise several different groups of organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis. However, they are not classified wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant - Importance
The photosynthesis and carbon fixation conducted by land plants and algae are the ultimate source of energy and organic material in nearl...   » Read the article