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plant stuff
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trees | a large plant with a woody trunk, often having branches and leaves at some distance from the ground and living for more than two years, usually for many years. |
shrubs | a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with many separate stems starting from or near the ground; bush. Shrubs are perennial plants. A lilac bush is a shrub. Rhododendrons, viburnums, and the box are shrubs. |
herbaceous | of an herb; like an herb; having stems that are usually soft and not woody |
leaves | one of the thin, usually flat, green parts of a tree or other plant, that grows on the stem or grows up from the roots. Leaves are essential organs of most plants and combine carbon dioxide, water, and light to carry on photosynthesis. Some plants are gr |
stocks | the main stem of a plant or tree, as distinguished from the root and branches |
anthocyanin | any one of a group of pigments formed in the cell sap of plants, which produce the deep red, blue, lavender, and purple colors of petals, leaves, roots, or fruits. |
tannin | a vegetable acid, especially common tannin, the whitish tannic acid obtained from the bark or galls of oaks and from certain other plants. Tannis is used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink, and in medicine. |
disintegrate | to break up; separate into small parts or bits. |