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Chikungunya
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Ventilation
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Recovery
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Nicol
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Mucilage
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Pegasus
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Retrovirus
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Calamus
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Dentate gyrus
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Solfatare
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Phreatic
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Neurone
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Papaya
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AGP
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Lysosome
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Breast milk
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Geomagnetism
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Unit cell
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Geological storage
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Brönsted base
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Shoemaker-Levy 9
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In vitro fertilisation
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Telemetry
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Active fault
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Conductance
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Organoleptic
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Body temperature
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Layout planning
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Cladode
A cladode is a specialised branch that has the appearance of, and functions of, a leaf: wide, flat and photosynthetic.
The racquets of the prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) or the leaves of the butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) are in fact cladodes.
What seem to be the leaves of this Semele androgyna are actually branches. There is a clue to be certain: only branches produce flowers, never leaves! © Scott Zona, Wikimedia CC by 2.0
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