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An organism, usually a plant or fungi, that obtains its nutrients directly from dead material in the soil, and not through the process of photosynthesis.
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| saponification |
The breaking down of oils into very fine droplets called colloids; to hydrolyse a fat with alkali to form a soap and glycerol.
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| saprophyte |
A saprophyte is a plant that obtains nutrition from dead and decaying plant or animal tissue. Most saprophytes do not produce chlorophyll, and therefore need another source of energy. Most fungi and a few flowering plants (like some orchids and Indian pipe) are saprophytic. SAMAUMA TREE (pronounced sa-ma-oo-ma)The Sama?a tree (Eriodendron samauma), sometimes called the "Queen of the Forest" or the silk-cotton tree, is a large, rainforest tree that grows to be over 50 m tall. ...
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| sap |
Structural adjustment program.
Ãâó: www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/s.html
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| saponin |
A glycoside compound in plants, which, when shaken with water, has a foaming or "soapy" action.
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