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Pronunciation: ‘k&l-t&-“vär, -“ver, -“var Function: noun Etymology: cultivated + variety : an organism and especially one of an agricultural or horticultural variety or strain originating and persistent under cultivation

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Function: noun
Date: 1922
: an organism (as a horseshoe crab or a ginkgo tree) that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct

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Pronunciation: ‘pE-“d&[ng]-k&l, pi-’ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin pedunculus, diminutive of Latin ped-, pes 1 : a stalk bearing a flower or flower cluster or a fructification 2 : a narrow part by which some larger part or the whole body of an organism is attached: STALK, PEDICEL 3 : a narrow stalk by which a tumor or polyp is attached

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Pronunciation: ‘jim-n&-“sp&rm
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek gymnos + sperma seed—more at SPERM
: any of a class (Gymnospermae) of woody vascular seed plants (as conifers) that produce naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary and that in some instances have motile spermatozoids

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Pronunciation: (”)dI-‘E-sh&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: ultimately from Greek di- + oikos
1 : having male reproductive organs in one individual and female in another
2 : having staminate and pistillate flowers borne on different individuals

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