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adjective
Botany
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having no spines or thorns.
Origin:
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anákanthos
thornless.
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organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
phase in plant life which starts with a zygote produced by sexual reproduction
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female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations
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