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... plants . In the Upper Silurian there are plants agreeing fairly well with those of the Devonian and others of a very problematical nature . One of the chief of these early problematical plants is Prototoxites or Nematophyton which is ...
... plants . In the Upper Silurian there are plants agreeing fairly well with those of the Devonian and others of a very problematical nature . One of the chief of these early problematical plants is Prototoxites or Nematophyton which is ...
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... PLANT . There is no simple definition of what a plant is , but representative ( or typical ) plants are organisms capable of manufacturing their own energy foods . In doing so they utilize light energy and they are characterized by ...
... PLANT . There is no simple definition of what a plant is , but representative ( or typical ) plants are organisms capable of manufacturing their own energy foods . In doing so they utilize light energy and they are characterized by ...
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... plant and even- tually the seed coat , without the production of spores . Much research has been carried out to discover in what the resistance of plants consists . The nature of the epidermis , the structure of the stomata , antibiotic ...
... plant and even- tually the seed coat , without the production of spores . Much research has been carried out to discover in what the resistance of plants consists . The nature of the epidermis , the structure of the stomata , antibiotic ...
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