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Smarty Plants on plant names
March 16, 2005
I want to learn what the scientific names of plants indicate about the plant physiology, its namer, its evolutionary relation to other plants, etc. Could you give a print or web source for looking up ...
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Definition of a weed
April 22, 2003
What is your definition of a weed?
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