Creeping-stem
111forestry — /fawr euh stree, for /, n. 1. the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests. 2. the process of establishing and managing forests; forestation. 3. forestland. [1685 95; < MF foresterie. See FOREST, RY] * * * Management of forested… …
112japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
113Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
114Malaysia — /meuh lay zheuh, sheuh/, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 20,376,235; 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Cap …
115rampion — /ram pee euhn/, n. 1. a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad. 2. any related plant of the genus Phyteuma, having heads or spikes of blue flowers. [1565 75; prob. alter. of MF… …
116strawberry — /straw ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. strawberries. 1. the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior. See illus. under achene. 2. the… …
117toothwort — /toohth werrt , wawrt /, n. 1. a European plant, Lathraea squamaria, of the broomrape family, having a rootstock covered with toothlike scales. 2. Also called pepperroot. any of several plants belonging to the genus Dentaria, of the mustard… …
118Asterales — ▪ plant order Introduction daisy order of flowering plants, containing 11 families and some 26,000 species. The major families are Asteraceae and Campanulaceae (including Lobeliaceae), with far fewer species in the remaining families of… …
119Piperales — ▪ plant order order of flowering plants comprising 4 families, 17 genera, and 4,090 species. Along with the orders Laurales, Magnoliales, and Canellales, Piperales forms the magnoliid clade, which is an early evolutionary branch in the… …
120Poales — ▪ plant order Introduction grass order of flowering plants, containing the grass family ( Poaceae), economically the most important order of plants, with a worldwide distribution in all climates. Poales contains more than 18,000 species of… …
