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  2. Canadian fifty-dollar note - Wikipedia

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    The top left corner of the note's face has a metallic maple leaf surrounded by a transparent border. The reverse side depicts the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Amundsen, a research icebreaker. Because the note is plastic, the same clear windows and metallic images that are seen on the front are seen on the reverse.

  3. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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    Curling acanthus-type leaves occur frequently in the borders and ornamented initial letters of illuminated manuscripts, and are commonly found in combination with palmettes in woven silk textiles. In the Renaissance classical models were followed closely, and the acanthus becomes recognisable again in large-scale architectural examples. The ...

  4. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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    Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]

  5. Racomitrium lanuginosum - Wikipedia

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    The leaves are 3–5 ... 40°–90° from the axis of the leaf. [2] The hyaline (transparent) ... ground of the Great Dividing Range on the border of New South ...

  6. Sphagnum fimbriatum - Wikipedia

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    These leaves measure 0.8–2.0 mm in length and have a spatula-like shape that is narrowest near the base. [7] The leaf margins are plane, with a weak border of 2–3 rows of narrow cells restricted to the base. [2] The upper portion of each leaf has a distinctive fringe-like edge (hence the specific epithet 'fimbriatum'). [7]

  7. Leaf gap - Wikipedia

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    The leaf is connected to the stem by the leaf trace, which grows through the leaf gap. The leaf gap is a break in the vascular tissue of a stem above the point of attachment of a leaf trace. [1] It exists in the nodal region of the stem as a "gap in the continuity of the primary vascular cylinder above the level where a leaf trace diverges ...

  8. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    The primary leaf or leaves of a plant embryo which upon germination develops into the seed-leaf or the first set of leaves. craspedodromous Pinnate venation in which the secondary veins terminate at the margin s, often as teeth. crateriform In the shape of a saucer or shallow cup; hemispherical or more shallow. cremnophyte

  9. Platylestes kirani - Wikipedia

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    There is a broad black stripe on the dorsum of the thorax, straight on the inner border, outwardly expanded at the upper, middle and at the lower end, as in Lestes praemorsus. There are a large number of black spots on the thorax. Its wings are transparent with short and broad pterostigma having white or creamy yellow inner and outer ends. Its ...