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  2. Flowering plant - Wikipedia

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    Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), [5] [6] commonly called angiosperms.They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants.

  3. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Narcissus in culture – uses of narcissus flowers by humans. Lime tree in culture – uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans. Rose symbolism – a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose. Apple (symbolism) – a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples.

  4. Flower - Wikipedia

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    Flower is from the Middle English flour, which referred to both the ground grain and the reproductive structure in plants, before splitting off in the 17th century. It comes originally from the Latin name of the Italian goddess of flowers, Flora. The early word for flower in English was blossom, [4] though it now refers to flowers only of fruit ...

  5. Hypericum perforatum - Wikipedia

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    Hypericum perforatum, commonly known as St John's wort (sometimes perforate St John's wort or common St John's wort), is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae.It is a perennial plant that grows up to one meter tall, with many yellow flowers that have clearly visible black glands around their edges, long stamens (male reproductive organs), and three pistils (female reproductive organs).

  6. List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Pulse names by various Indian and Sri Lankan languages; Hindi English Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi Sinhala

  7. Medicinal plants - Wikipedia

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    Medicinal plants. The bark of willow trees contains salicylic acid, the active metabolite of aspirin, and has been used for millennia to relieve pain and reduce fever. [1] Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical ...

  8. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    herb-paris. Melanthiaceae. Each plant only produces one blueberry-like berry, which is poisonous, as are other tissues of the plant. [ 140 ]Paris quadrifolia poisonings are rare, because the plant's solitary berry and its repulsive taste make it difficult to mistake it for a blueberry. Passiflora caerulea.

  9. Pink - Wikipedia

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    Pink is the color [2] of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. [3] [4] It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. [5]According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and romance.