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Word of the Week: Dioecious
dioecious [ dahy-ee-shuhs ] adjective: plant species having male and female reproductive organs on different individual plants The majority of plants reproduce via “perfect” flowers,…having both male and female organs within the same plant…Dioecious species have separate male and female plants.
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Tagged 'Red Sprite', 'Sparkleberry', 'Winter Gold', 'Winter Red', dioecious, Gingko biloba, Glossary, Ilex opaca, Ilex verticillata, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Raceme
raceme [ rey-seem, ruh-seem] noun: a flower cluster with separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem (flowers at base develop first). Racemes can be simple or compound.
When you see grasses forming wispy or fluffy heads in the summer, you probably don’t immediately think, “Oh what pretty flowers!” But flowers, they are, their arrangement often described as racemes. Continue reading
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Tagged Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo), Claytonia virginica (spring beauty), Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush), Convallaria spp. (Lily-of-the-valley), Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower), Pedicel, Persicaria virginiana (Virginia knotweed), Phlox paniculata (garden phlox), Raceme, Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem), Sessile, Spike, Spikelet, Wisteria frutescens (American wisteria)
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Word of the Week: Phototropism
phototropism [ foh-to-truh-piz-uhm, foh-toh-troh-piz-uhm ] noun: growth or movement of an organism stimulated by light either toward or away from the light source
This WoW is more aptly a Word of the Day in recognition of National Houseplant Appreciation Day.
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Tagged auxin, Glossary, houseplants, Phototropism, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Drupe
drupe [ droop ] noun: a fleshy, simple fruit with a central stone containing the seed
Shiny evergreen leaves and red fruit make holly a desirable decoration for the winter season. Although its red fruit is often called a berry, it is actually a drupe.
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Tagged amygdalin, Chionanthus virginicus, Cornus florida, cyanide, drupe, endocarp, exocarp, Glossary, Halesia tetraptera, Ilex glabra, Ilex verticillata, Lindera benzoin, mesocarp, pericarp, Styrax americanus, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, viburnum nudum, Word of the Week
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