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Argyroxiphium is a small genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] Its members are known by the common names silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species.
The Amazon sword plants are one of the most popular aquarium plants for their attractive form and general hardiness. A submerged culture system was developed for rapid micropropagation of this commercially important aquarium plant, ‘Amazon sword’ ( Echinodorus ‘Indian Red’).
Each rosette, or branch of the plant, can grow for 20 to 30 years and may reach 40–70 cm (15.7–31.5 inches) before flowering and producing dry fruit. Each fruit contains a single seed. As a monocarpic shrub, the silversword flowers only once, bears fruit, and then dies.
The fruits resemble those of a sunflower, but are long and slender and are usually crowned with about 6 unequal scales less than 0.3 cm (1 ⁄ 8 in) in length. [6] [8] The plant lives for many years until it flowers; estimates of its life span range from 5–15 years to 40 years. [5] [6] Flowering occurs mostly from mid-June to November ...
Secace, the sword that Lancelot used to battle the Saxons at Saxon Rock. It is translated as Seure (Sequence) in the Vulgate Cycle. Sword in the Stone or Caliburn, a sword in the Arthurian legend which only the rightful king of Britain can pull from the stone; sometimes associated with Excalibur. In Mallory, the sword in the stone is not ...
Gahnia sieberiana, commonly known as the red-fruit saw-sedge, is a tussock-forming perennial plant in the family Cyperaceae, endemic to Australia. It is a widespread plant that favours damp sunny sites. Many insect larvae have been recorded feeding on the red-fruit saw-sedge. It may grow over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. [2]
A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". [ 2 ] Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian , which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades.
Blox Fruits (formerly known as Blox Piece), is an action fighting game created by Gamer Robot that is inspired by the manga and anime One Piece. [157] In the game, players choose to be a master swordsman, a powerful fruit user, a martial arts attacker or a gun user as they sail across the seas alone or in a team in search of various worlds and ...