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Imtiaz Sarwar (South Korea)
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  1. arboretum
    a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated
  2. flora
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  3. foliage
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  4. defoliate
    deprived of leaves
  5. deciduous
    shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
  6. whorl
    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
  7. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  8. conifer
    a type of tree or shrub bearing cones
  9. ligneous
    consisting of or resembling wood
  10. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  11. horticulture
    the cultivation of plants
  12. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  13. fruition
    the condition of producing seed-bearing structures
  14. fructify
    make productive or fruitful
  15. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  16. bifurcate
    split or divide into two
  17. petal
    part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
  18. vine
    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
  19. willow
    a tree that typically grows near water and has narrow leaves
  20. gunny
    coarse jute fabric
Created on Fri Jan 10 09:26:13 EST 2014 (updated Sat Apr 26 15:45:38 EDT 2014)

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