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- | phytonomy: the laws that govern the coming into existance | + | phytonomy: the laws that govern the coming into existence |
- | * Abscission, (from Latin abscindere, from ab- ‘off, away’ + scindere ‘to cut’) is the shedding of a body part. | + | |
- | * Monocarpic plants are those that flower, set seeds and then die. Other terms with the same meaning are hapaxanth and semelparous. | + | |
- | * Polycarpic plants are those that flower, set seeds and grow fruit many times. Other term with the same meaning is iteroparous. | + | |
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