flowering plant

collocation in English

meaningsofflowerandplant

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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant that ...
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plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition offlowerandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These methods should allow an in vitro fertilisation system to be developed in thisfloweringplant.
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Guide tofloweringplantfamilies.
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We were made aware of a large accumulated stock of unincorporated collections; for example, about 0.25 millionfloweringplantspecimens.
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Great meadows of sea grass —the onlyfloweringplantable to survive underwater—continue to suffer from wasting disease, possibly related to pollution.
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This smallfloweringplanthas a circumboreal distribution and can be found in mountain ranges further south, where grows in alpine climates.
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They are heteroecious rusts with two alternating hosts, typically a pine and afloweringplant, and up to five spore stages.
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The doublet is a very tiny annualfloweringplantrarely exceeding 4 centimeters in height or width.
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It is an annualfloweringplantwith deep purple flowers.
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Like other dewberries, it is a species offloweringplantin the rose family, related to the blackberry.
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The leaves andfloweringplanthave analgesic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogic, diaphoretic, and vasodilator properties.
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It has pollen on its head, and resembles afloweringplant.
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This perennialfloweringplanthas composite pubescent leaves and bright pink or purple flowers, on 5- 20 long racemes.
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There are also over 130 different varieties offloweringplanton the island.
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About 18,000 legume species are known, amounting to about 7% offloweringplantspecies.
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Besides the richness of mammals there is a richness of insects that are integral to the abundance offloweringplantspecies in this area.
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It is afloweringplantin the daisy family sometimes known as wireweed.
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In build mode, there are now half walls and a few new flooring, and wall covering options and one newfloweringplant.
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