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  2. List of fictional plants - Wikipedia

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    Flower of Life: A flower featured in some anime series: The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, Robotech, and Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. G'Quan Eth: A plant indigenous to the Narn homeworld, used as incense in religious ceremonies from Babylon 5. It is ritually burned as incense, and its seeds are a narcotic for Centauri when dropped in ...

  3. Anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    The anime and manga industry forms an integral part of Japan's soft power as one of its most prominent cultural exports. [4] Anime are Japanese animated shows with a distinctive artstyle. Anime storylines can include fantasy or real life. They are famous for elements like vivid graphics and character expressions.

  4. Glossary of anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...

  5. Anime - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the widespread use of anime, the term Japanimation, a portmanteau of Japan and animation, was prevalent throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In the mid-1980s, the term anime began to supplant Japanimation; [17] in general, the latter term now only appears in period works where it is used to distinguish and identify Japanese animation. [18]

  6. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons. Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid Forked; cut in two for about half its length. Compare trifid. bifoliate

  7. Plant taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    The set of rules and recommendations for formal botanical nomenclature, including plants, is governed by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants abbreviated as ICN. Plant description is a formal description of a newly discovered species , usually in the form of a scientific paper using ICN guidelines.

  8. Manga - Wikipedia

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    Manga stories are typically printed in black-and-white—due to time constraints, artistic reasons (as coloring could lessen the impact of the artwork) [29] and to keep printing costs low [30] —although some full-color manga exist (e.g., Colorful). In Japan, manga are usually serialized in large manga magazines, often containing many stories ...

  9. List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.