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In determinate inflorescences, the youngest flowers are at the bottom or outside (e.g., onion flowers). In indeterminate inflorescences, the youngest flowers are at the top or in the center (e.g., snapdragon, lily of the valley, ... Another kind of definite simple inflorescence is the raceme-like cyme or botryoid; that is as...
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Next problem: the requisite botany bruiser, RACEME (18A: Simple inflorescence, as in a lily of the valley). That "C" was the very last thing to go in the grid, as I stared at 11D: Need to get hitched: Abbr. wondering "???" At first I thought the answer would be a verb phrase, like ...
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A simple inflorescence of pediceled flowers upon a common more or less elongated axis. ... A particular type of arrangement of flowers on a main axis or stem. Flowers with a raceme arrangement have single stalks arranged along a common axis (e.g., lily-of-the-valley).
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Another example are the Liliaceae with their toothsome foods such as garlic, onion and asparagus and also the potentially toxic Veratrum and Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria). Both of the proceeding examples should give novice plant-gathering herbalists ample ... Often aromatic Inflorescence: Simple or compound umbel,
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A cyme is a flat-topped inflorescence in which the central flowers open first, ... A raceme of lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). [© Nell Bolen—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers] ... Simple umbels of the Texas, or white, milkweed (Asclepias texana). [© Robert and Linda Mitchell]
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/287757/inflorescence
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Ash Quandong, Blue Marbletree, Blue Olive Berry, Blue Quondong, Blue-Fig, Fairy Petticoats, Fringe Bells, Lily of the Valley Tree, ... Trees or shrubs , evergreen or semi-evergreen . Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, stipulate or not, petiolate , simple , pinnately veined. Inflorescence axillary or terminal ,
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Jonesin' 3:52; LAT 3:25; NYT 3:08 (if you can't access the Across Lite version, you can solve online via applet but can't print from there); CS 6:17 (J—paper); Oliver Hill's New York Times crossword; ... Simple and straightforward for a Monday, with plenty of Monday-friendly clues and fill. The theme answers are:
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: a simple inflorescence (as in the lily of the valley) in which the flowers are borne on short stalks of about equal length at equal distances along an elongated axis and open in succession toward the apex — see inflorescence illustration...
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Lily-of-the-Valley Flowers.—It is described in the N. F. as "the dried inflorescence of Convallaria majalis Linne (Fam. Liliaceae), without the presence of more than 5 per cent. of foreign matter. From 15 to 25 cm. in length, peduncle dull-green or tracheae about 0.021 mm. in width, spiral and with simple pores;
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