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91Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… …
92fertilizer — /ferr tl uy zeuhr/, n. 1. any substance used to fertilize the soil, esp. a commercial or chemical manure. 2. a person, insect, etc., that fertilizes an animal or plant: Bees are fertilizers of flowers. [1655 65; FERTILIZE + ER1] * * * Natural or… …
93impregnate — impregnation, n. impregnator, n. impregnatory /im preg neuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. v. /im preg nayt, im preg nayt /; adj. /im preg nit, nayt/, v., impregnated, impregnating, adj. v.t. 1. to make pregnant; get with child or young. 2. to fertilize …
94manure — manurer, n. manurial, adj. manurially, adv. /meuh noor , nyoor /, n., v., manured, manuring. n. 1. excrement, esp. of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer. 2. any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil. v.t. 3. to treat… …
95mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …
96snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an …
97sperm — sperm1 /sperrm/, n., pl. sperm, sperms for 2. 1. semen. 2. a male reproductive cell; spermatozoon. [1350 1400; ME sperme < LL sperma < Gk spérma seed, equiv. to sper (base of speírein to sow seeds) + ma n. suffix of result] sperm2 /sperrm/, n …
98fruit farming — Introduction growing of fruit crops, including nuts, primarily for use as human food. The subject of fruit and nut production deals with intensive culture of perennial plants, the fruits of which have economic significance (a nut is a …
99Martyrs in China — • With the revival of the missions in China with Matteo Ricci, who died at Peking in 1610, the blood of martyrs was soon shed to fertilize the evangelical field; the change of the Ming dynasty to the Manchu dynasty, giving occasion for new… …
100Evolution — Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation) The world of organisms comprises a great system of individual forms generally classified according to structural… …
