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Example sentence • The rainforest has numerous areae with dense vegetation.
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• The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
Example sentence • The cochleae are important structures within the inner ear.
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• A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
Example sentence • The foveae in his eyes were unusually deep and narrow.
6 3 noun n Example sentence • The ancient Roman soldiers wore galeae to protect their heads.
7 3 noun n Example sentence • The ochreae of the cypress tree protect its delicate shoots.
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• A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
Example sentence • The caterpillar has ocreae on its legs as a form of protection.
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• The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
Example sentence • The paleae of the grass protect the delicate seeds.
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• membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
Example sentence • The tracheae of insects are responsible for the transport of oxygen to their tissues.
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• A structure resembling a pulley.
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Example sentence • The zoogleae in the pond create a thick layer of slime.
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Example sentence • The zoeae are the larval stages of many crustaceans.
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Example sentence • The zoogloeae in the water sample were identified through genetic analysis.
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Example sentence • The corneae of her eyes were dry and itchy.
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Example sentence • The book was filled with fascinating taleae of ancient civilizations.
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• widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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• a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
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• used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
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• used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
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• large family including many familiar mushrooms
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• chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
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• succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
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• fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
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• perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
Example sentence • The alliaceae plants are known for their pungent odor.
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• a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
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• in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds
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• used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
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• chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
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• plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
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• chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
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• anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
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• mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
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• chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
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• sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
Example sentence • The ascidiaceae are a family of marine invertebrates known as sea squirts.
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
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