fungus garden
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fungus garden — noun : a growth of fungus in the nests of various ants and beetles that is tended and used by them for food compare ambrosia beetle, bromatium … Useful english dictionary
Garden roses — are mostly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated group of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. Numerous cultivars have been produced,… … Wikipedia
Garden strawberry — Strawberry redirects here. For other species of strawberry, see Fragaria. For other uses, see Strawberry (disambiguation). Garden strawberry Garden strawberries grown hydroponically Scient … Wikipedia
Sericomyrmex — Taxobox name = Sericomyrmex image caption = S. amabilis worker image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae subfamilia = Formicinae tribus = Attini genus = Sericomyrmex genus… … Wikipedia
Hormonal sentience — Hormonal sentience, first described by Robert A. Freitas Jr., describes the information processing rate in plants, which are mostly based on hormones instead of neurons like in animals (except sponges). Plants can to some degree communicate with… … Wikipedia
ambrosia — n. [Gr. ambrotos, immortal] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Fungi cultures cultivated by scolytid beetles to feed their larvae; sometimes used to designate that part of the fungus that grows out into the burrows and is eaten by the beetles; see bee bread,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Brian Brett — (born 28 April 1950) is a Canadian poet and novelist.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he attended Simon Fraser University. He lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.In his 2004 memoir Uproar s Your Only Music , Brett wrote about… … Wikipedia
beebread — n. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A bitter pollen stored by bees in the honeycomb that when mixed with honey is used for food by larvae and newly emerged workers; cerago; see ambrosia, fungus garden … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
parecium — n. [Gr. para, beside; oikos, house] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Air space surrounding a fungus garden in the nest of Isoptera … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
leaf-cutting ant — /leef kut ing/ any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
