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... common name for Butomus umbellatus , a perennial freshwater plant na- tive to Eurasia but now common throughout the North Temperate Zone . B. umbellatus is the only species of the family Butomaceae . Long , tapering leaves extend the ...
... common name for Butomus umbellatus , a perennial freshwater plant na- tive to Eurasia but now common throughout the North Temperate Zone . B. umbellatus is the only species of the family Butomaceae . Long , tapering leaves extend the ...
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... common name for any one of about 20 species of her- Green hellebore ( Helleborus viridis ) GE Hyde from The Natural History Photographic Agency - EB Inc baceous ( nonwoody ) plants of the genus Hel- leborus of the buttercup family ...
... common name for any one of about 20 species of her- Green hellebore ( Helleborus viridis ) GE Hyde from The Natural History Photographic Agency - EB Inc baceous ( nonwoody ) plants of the genus Hel- leborus of the buttercup family ...
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... common in much of Europe and North America , is some- times used in herb medicines for treatment of respiratory diseases . Hepaticae ( plant class ) : see liverwort . hepatic cell : see liver , human . hepatic duct , bile channel formed ...
... common in much of Europe and North America , is some- times used in herb medicines for treatment of respiratory diseases . Hepaticae ( plant class ) : see liverwort . hepatic cell : see liver , human . hepatic duct , bile channel formed ...
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