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  • 51Caryophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction   pink or carnation order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The order includes 33 families, which contain more than 11,000 species in 692 genera. Nearly half of the families are very small, with less than a dozen… …

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  • 52Poaceae — ▪ plant family Introduction formerly called  Gramineae        grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Poales. The Poaceae are the world s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five… …

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  • 53awn — noun /ɔːn/ The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista …

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  • 54acicula — noun One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal …

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  • 55spinelike — adjective Resembling a spine (spike or bristle) or some aspect of one. Syn: bristlelike, spiny …

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  • 56Aphasmidia — SYN: Adenophorasida. * * * Aphas·mid·ia .ā .faz mid ē ə n pl a subclass of Nematoda comprising worms in which the sensory organs are often bristlelike, phasmids are lacking or greatly reduced, the lateral cervical papillae are absent, and the… …

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  • 57seta — A bristle or a slender, stiff, bristle like structure. SYN: chaeta. [L. saeta or s., a stiff hair or bristle] * * * se·ta sēt ə n, pl se·tae sē .tē a slender usu. rigid or bristly and springy organ or part of an animal or plant * * * se·ta… …

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  • 58capillary — Synonyms and related words: aorta, arterial, arteriole, artery, blood vessel, bristlelike, carotid, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, jugular vein, ligamental, portal vein,… …

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  • 59filamentary — Synonyms and related words: bristlelike, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, ligamental, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready, wiry …

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  • 60hairlike — Synonyms and related words: bristlelike, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairy, ligamental, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready, wiry …

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