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  2. Taproot - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, plants that use the taproot system (B) grow a main root, with smaller roots branching off. The letters indicate where the root systems begin. A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly ...

  3. Root cause analysis - Wikipedia

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    In science and engineering, root cause analysis (RCA) is a method of problem solving used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems. [1] It is widely used in IT operations, manufacturing, telecommunications, industrial process control, accident analysis (e.g., in aviation, [2] rail transport, or nuclear plants), medical diagnosis, the healthcare industry (e.g., for epidemiology ...

  4. Verbascum thapsus - Wikipedia

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    The dried stems may persist into the following spring or even the next summer. The plant produces a shallow taproot. [9] A closeup of the flowers. Flowers are pentamerous with (usually) five stamen, a five-lobed calyx tube, and a five-petalled corolla, the latter bright yellow and an 1.5–3 cm (0.59–1.18 in) wide.

  5. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology.

  6. Tripod Beta - Wikipedia

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    Tripod Beta is an incident and accident analysis methodology made available by the Stichting Tripod Foundation [1] via the Energy Institute.The methodology is designed to help an accident investigator analyse the causes of an incident or accident in conjunction with conducting the investigation.

  7. Euphorbia hirta - Wikipedia

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    The fruit is a capsule with three valves (creating 3 sides), uniformly appressed hairy, containing tiny (0.7–0.9 mm), oblong, four-sided orange to pink or red seeds. It has a white or brown taproot. FNA. Flowers of Euphorbia hirta Pollen grains of Euphorbia hirta

  8. Gegeol radish - Wikipedia

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    Gegeol radish leaves. The gegeol radish, smaller and firmer than regular Korean radishes, weighs about 500 grams (18 oz), including the taproot and the greens. This bulbous conical or napiform root vegetable is about 6–7 centimetres (2.4–2.8 in) in diameter and 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in circumference.

  9. Centaurea stoebe - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea stoebe is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant, and it usually has a stout taproot and pubescent stems when young. It has pale and deeply-lobed leaves covered in fine short hairs. First-year plants produce a basal rosette, alternate, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, deeply divided into lobes. [ 2 ]