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  Cashew

  The Cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Caju (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). It is ... > more
• Seeds
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  Gymnosperm

  Gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) are a group of seed-bearing plants with ovules borne on the edge or blade of an open sporophyll, the sporophylls usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major ... > more
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  Pollination management

  Pollination Management is the label for horticultural practices that accomplish or enhance pollination of a crop, to improve yield or quality, by understanding of the particular crop's pollination ... > more
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  Nut (fruit)

  A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
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  Tree frog

  Tree frogs are frogs of the family Hylidae. There is large variation within the tree frogs. Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. ... > more
• Seeds
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  Seed

  A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs ... > more
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  Sequoiadendron

  Giant Sequoia is the world's largest tree in terms of total volume. They grow to an average height of 50-85 m (150-280 ft) and 5-7 m (16-23 ft) in diameter. Record trees have been reported to be 93.6 ... > more
• Fungus
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  Birch bracket

  Birch Bracket (Piptoporus betulinus - also known as Razor Strop) is one of the most common polyporous bracket fungi and, as the name suggests, grows almost exclusively on Birch trees. The brackets ... > more
• Invasive Species
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  Poison ivy

  Poison ivy is a woody vine that is well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant which for most people will cause an agonizing, itching rash. Poison ivy grows vigorously throughout ... > more
• Ecology Research
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  R/K selection theory

  In ecology, r/K selection theory relates to the selection of traits (in organisms) that allow success in particular environments. In unstable or unpredictable environments r-selection predominates, ... > more

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