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31Rhizopus soft rot of sweetpotato — Rhizopus soft rot is a disease of the sweet potato.Sweetpotatoes are susceptible to a number of diseases during the postharvest storage period and during shipping. [Harter, L.L., Weimer, J.L, and Adams, J.M.R. 1918. Sweet potato storage rots.… …
32Alan W. Meerow — es un botánico estadounidense, nacido en New York en 1952 y especializado en la taxonomía de la familia de las Amarilidáceas. Estudió en el Bronx High School of Science y luego en la Universidad de Nueva York durante un año. Abandonó la carrera… …
33aconite — aconitic /ak euh nit ik/, adj. /ak euh nuyt /, n. any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties. Also, aconitum… …
34agave family — the plant family Agavaceae, characterized by herbaceous or woody plants having rhizomes, a basal cluster of toothed, sword shaped leaves, and a tall, dense spike of flowers, including the agave, century plant, dracaena, sansevieria, sisal, and… …
35aloe — aloetic /al oh et ik/, adj. /al oh/, n., pl. aloes. 1. any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber. 2. See aloe vera. 3. See century plant. 4. a …
36amaranth family — the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth. * * *… …
37angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …
38arbutus — /ahr byooh teuhs/, n., pl. arbutuses. 1. any of the evergreen shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, esp. A. unedo, of southern Europe, with scarlet berries, cultivated for ornament and food. 2. See trailing arbutus …
39artemisia — /ahr teuh miz ee euh, mizh , mish /, n. any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort. [1350 1400; ME: mugwort < L < Gk, equiv. to Ártemis… …
40bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals. Cf. bellflower family. 2. any of various other plants having bell shaped flowers. [1570 …
