dense colonies
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dense
adjective
uk/dens/us/dens/
having parts that are close together so that it is difficult to go or ...
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colony
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/us/ˈkɑː.lə.ni/
a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often ...
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(Definition ofdenseandcolonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It can develop into adensecolonyof around 3 diameters.
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Populations on tobacco can be very large, with dense colonies forming particularly on upper parts of stems and young leaves.
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The puparia often develop in large and very dense colonies under the leaves, with mealy wax being secreted.
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Mineral samples retrieved from the vicinity of seafloor hydrothermal vents reveal dense colonies of microbes.
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The plant forms dense colonies in salt marshes, brackish marshes, and mangrove swamps and frequently is found on the margins of saltpans and wind-tidal flats.
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The plant emerges each year from rhizomes and forms dense colonies of clones that lack sterile rosettes.
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The aphids form dense colonies on small branches and the undersides of leaves.
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Branchlets are very short, less than 8 cm long, the habit is a multi-stemmed spreading low shrub, forming in dense colonies.
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This plant may form dense colonies that carpet the muddy substrates of riverbottoms and lakebeds.
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The fact that this species is able to form dense colonies, it provides a good shelter for birds.
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Some crepuscular petrels and prions are able to identify their own burrows within dense colonies by smell.
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They can often be found in dense colonies attached to submerged artificial structures, marine macroalgae, and other organisms.
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It forms dense colonies in cultivated fields, orchards, pastures, and roadsides.
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It thus can form dense colonies resistant to destruction by floodwaters.
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Unlike most species of this genus, this fern is exclusively terrestrial, often forming large, dense colonies.
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Unlike many aphid species, pea aphids do not tend to form dense colonies where individuals would stay where they were born during their whole lifetimes.
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It is a perennial aquatic plant usually growing in dense colonies, forming a mat on the water surface.
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The plant is known to form dense colonies of many individuals.
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They are usually found in dense colonies attached to submerged man-made structures, floating seaweed, and other organisms.
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They nest in dense colonies on cliffs, gorges and rocky outcrops.
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