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Air jacket — Air jack et A jacket having air tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bryophyte — bryophytic /bruy euh fit ik/, adj. /bruy euh fuyt /, n. Bot. any of the Bryophyta, a phylum of nonvascular plants comprising the true mosses and liverworts. [1875 80; < NL Bryophyta name of the group; see BRYO , PHYTE] * * * Any of the green,… … Universalium
reproductive system, plant — Introduction any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative … Universalium
somatoderm — n. [Gr. soma, body; derma, skin] (MESOZOA) The outer rings of cells around the body; jacket cells … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
Banpresto Originals Technology — This article is about fictional technology from the Banpresto Original Generation universe of the Super Robot Wars metaseries.Black Hole EngineAn experimental energy system, created with Extra Over Technology, the Black Hole Engine has energy… … Wikipedia
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