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  2. Axanthism - Wikipedia

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    The feathers that would be normally green are blue, and the feathers that would be yellow are white. Axanthism is a mutation that interferes with an animal's ability to produce yellow pigment. The mutation affects the amount of xanthophores and carotenoid vesicles , sometimes causing them to be completely absent. [ 1 ]

  3. Anthurium andraeanum - Wikipedia

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    The spathe is cartilage-waxy, brightly coloured (red, pink) and 8–15 cm long, excluding the inflorescence (the spadix), which is 7–9 cm long, similar to a candle-holder, white or yellow in colour, is erected, and bears many small hermaphroditic flowers. These include a perianth with four segments and stamens with a compressed mesh ...

  4. Anthurium - Wikipedia

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    Anthurium (/ æ n ˈ θj uː r i ə m /; [3] Schott, 1829) is a genus of about 1,000 [4] [5] species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. [4] General common names include anthurium , tailflower , flamingo flower , [ 6 ] pigtail plant , [ 7 ] and laceleaf .

  5. Xanthochromism - Wikipedia

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    Xanthochromism (also called xanthochroism or xanthism), from the Greek xanthos (ξανθός) "yellow" and chroma (χρώμα) "color", is an unusually yellow pigmentation in an animal. It is often associated with the lack of usual red pigmentation and its replacement with yellow. The cause is usually genetic but may also be related to the ...

  6. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    yellow: Jealousy [4] [8] Hydrangea: general: In a negative [17] sense frigidity, heartlessness; [6] [7] Thank you for understanding; [4] boastfulness [5] [8] pink: Heartfelt emotion or gratitude purple: A desire to deeply understand someone blue: Frigidity and apology white: Boasting, bragging, purity, grace and abundance Hyssop: Purification ...

  7. Anthurium scherzerianum - Wikipedia

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    Anthurium scherzerianum, the flamingo flower or pigtail plant, is a species of Anthurium (family Araceae) native to Costa Rica. [2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental houseplant, kept at 15 °C (60 °F) or higher. [ 3 ]

  8. Impossible color - Wikipedia

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    The human eye's red-to-green and blue-to-yellow values of each one-wavelength visible color [citation needed] Human color sensation is defined by the sensitivity curves (shown here normalized) of the three kinds of cone cells: respectively the short-, medium- and long-wavelength types.

  9. Anthurium gracile - Wikipedia

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    Anthurium gracile, the red pearls anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the American tropics. [1] An epiphyte , when kept as a houseplant it needs excellent drainage.