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... called a bush . Intermediate between shrubs and trees are arborescences , or treelike shrubs , from three to six metres tall . Trees are generally defined as woody plants more than six metres tall , having a dominant stem , or trunk ...
... called a bush . Intermediate between shrubs and trees are arborescences , or treelike shrubs , from three to six metres tall . Trees are generally defined as woody plants more than six metres tall , having a dominant stem , or trunk ...
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... called wintering ; it separates as a white , crys- talline , waxy solid . Chemically , spermaceti consists principally of cetyl palmitate and other esters of fatty acids . spermatheca , sac in female and hermaphro- ditic ( i.e. ...
... called wintering ; it separates as a white , crys- talline , waxy solid . Chemically , spermaceti consists principally of cetyl palmitate and other esters of fatty acids . spermatheca , sac in female and hermaphro- ditic ( i.e. ...
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... called presynaptic vesicles . The fibre , called a pre- synaptic fibre , is separated from the next fibre , called a postsynaptic fibre , by a space , the synaptic cleft . According to the chemical the- ory of nerve transmission , the ...
... called presynaptic vesicles . The fibre , called a pre- synaptic fibre , is separated from the next fibre , called a postsynaptic fibre , by a space , the synaptic cleft . According to the chemical the- ory of nerve transmission , the ...
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