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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Longitudinal cross section of a flower at the time of fertilization, showing a pollen grain and a pollen tube. flower, name for the specialized part of a plant containing the…

Poem: With a Flower

Poem 32 Poem 34 With a Flower I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too - And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That…

Say It with Flowers

If you send someone a single rose you are sending a message of love. You can send all kinds of messages with flowers. Florigraphy is the language of flowers. Hundreds of flowers and trees…

Smallest flower

The Question: What's the world's smallest flower? The Answer: The smallest known flowering plants are in the genus Wolffia, which float…

Gennifer Flowers

“I met Bill Clinton in 1977 while I was working as a news reporter for KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after we met, we began a sexual relationship that lasted for twelve years.” So began a…

pistil

(Encyclopedia) pistilpistilpĭsˈtĭl [key], one of the four basic parts of a flower, the central structure around which are arranged the stamens, the petals, and the sepals. The pistil is usually…

sepal

(Encyclopedia) sepal, a modified leaf, part of the outermost of the four groups of flower parts. The sepals of a flower are collectively called the calyx and act as a protective covering of the inner…

butterfly flower

(Encyclopedia) butterfly flower,&sp;fringeflower, or poor-man's-orchid, any of the showy plants of the genus Schizanthus of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to Chile but grown…