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The living stones belong to the genus Lithops, which belong to the family Aizoaceae.

Leaves with a long tail-like projection that is not sharp are called:

A monoecious species has plants with both male and female flowers.

Fern terms are often different from their angiosperm counterparts. Which fern term is equivalent to a leaf:

The part of the apple that you throw away actually, which we call the “core,” is the true fruit, which lies beneath the expanded hypanthium tissue that becomes fleshy and delicious.

The specialized stipules of Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family) are fused and formed into a tube around the stem. This is known as:

Equitant leaves are a specialized type of which leaf arrangement:

Which order of leaf apices below progresses from the narrowest to the widest:

An example of a marcescent-leaved plant is Acer floridanum, the leaves of which remain on the plant for quite some time after they have died.

A dehiscent fruit is one that falls to the ground with its seeds in it.