Jun
30
Happy Flowers
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The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two former members of the Landlords, John Beers (”Mr. Horribly Charred Infant”) and Charlie Kramer (”Mr. Anus”). This duo combines improvisational noise punk gutair and drums with lyrics often written in the first person from the perspective of a […]
Jun
30
Floral symmetry
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Floral symmetry refers to whether, and how, a flower can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
Most flowers are actinomorphic (”star shaped”), meaning they can be divided into symmetrical halves by more than one longitudinal plane passing through the axis, much as a pie can be cut into several equal and identical […]
Jun
29
Spadix
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In botany, a spadix (pl. spadices) is a type of spike: an inflorescence with small flowers crowded on a thickened, fleshy axis. The term is applied to certain monocotyledons, especially members of the Family Araceae called arums or aroids. In these flower heads there is typically also a spathe (from Ancient Greek spathe “broad […]
Jun
29
Moribana
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Moribana (盛り花, 盛花) is a type of Japanese flower arrangement Ikebana which uses a shallow container and a kenzan, a holder with many sharp points into which flowers are inserted. The big feature of moribana is the broad expanse of natural-looking shapes and a mound of beautiful flowers.
While the heika style was developed many centuries […]
Jun
29
Indeterminate growth
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In biology and especially botany, indeterminate growth refers to growth that is not terminated in contrast to determinate growth that stops once a genetically pre-determined structure has completely formed. Thus, a plant that grows and produces flowers and fruit until killed by frost or some other external factor is called indeterminate. For example, the […]
Jun
29
Heterogamy
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Heterogamy has a number of biological definitions:
In reproductive biology, heterogamy is the alternation of differently organized generations, applied to the alternation between parthenogenetic and a sexual generation. This type of heterogamy occurs for example in some aphids.
In cell biology, heterogamy is a synonym of anisogamy, the condition of having differently sized male and female […]
Jun
28
Elunetru
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Elunetru was the term used to denote the object placed in the sanctum sactorium of the worship centres of Ayyavazhi. The elunetru is a compiled structure of flame shaped copper, a saffron cloth and separate garlands made of rudraksha and Flowers . The saffron cloth in wrapped on the, perpendicularly placed flame-shaped copper, which […]
Jun
28
Yellow Snake Tree
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The Yellow Snake Tree (Stereospermum colais) is fairly common in Delhi. It is 15-20 m tall, trunk 15-25 cm in diam, large leaves 25-50 cm; leaflets 3-6 on each side of midrib, long elliptic, 8-14 X 2.5-6 cm. Large, pale yellow, trumpet shaped flowers occur in panicles. The flowers look very similar to those of […]
Jun
28
The Gizmos
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The Gizmos were a proto-punk band that formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 1975. Both leading members, Eddie Flowers and
Rich Coffee would move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s and become
active in the post-punk, underground rock scene there. Flowers would
start Crawlspace with ex-members of the Lazy Cowgirls in 1985,
starting out in a punk rock vein […]
Jun
28
The Landlords
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The Landlords were an early hardcore band from Charlottesville, Virginia, The United States of America. The band, consisting of four students from the University of Virginia, was formed at around October of 1983.
A month after the Landlords formed, the band began to break off into a number of other bands:
Happy Flowers
Big Foot
The Rock and […]
Jun
28
Blush Response
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Blush Response is a synth pop band based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
They are best known as the band that split from Brandon Flowers in 2001 when he declined to relocate to Los Angeles with them. Flowers did not sing for the band - instead he played the keyboard. Flowers went on to be one […]
Jun
28
Moribana
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Moribana (盛り花, 盛花) is a type of Japanese flower arrangement Ikebana which uses a shallow container and a kenzan, a holder with many sharp points into which flowers are inserted. The big feature of moribana is the broad expanse of natural-looking shapes and a mound of beautiful flowers.
While the heika style was developed many centuries […]
Jun
27
Vic Flowers
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Vic Flowers born April 16th 1952 is the acting leader of the Barmy Army, a group of English cricket supporters noted for passionately following the English cricket team around the world. Flowers is from Oldham and is nicknamed Jimmy Savile because of his resemblance to the disc jockey of the same name. Flowers is noted […]
Jun
26
Floral symmetry
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Floral symmetry refers to whether, and how, a flower can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
Most flowers are actinomorphic (”star shaped”), meaning they can be divided into symmetrical halves by more than one longitudinal plane passing through the axis, much as a pie can be cut into several equal and identical […]
Jun
26
Gagea bohemica
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Gagea bohemica, the Early Star-of-Bethlehem or Radnor Lily is a flowering plant in the genus Gagea of the family Liliaceae. It is sometimes referred to as the Welsh Star-of-Bethlehem.
The plant is found mainly in the Mediterranean region and central Europe but can also be found further north, for example in France and Germany; specimens have […]
Jun
26
Flowers of Shanghai
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Flowers of Shanghai (海上花, pinyin: hāi shàng huā) is a 1998 film directed by Guangdong-born Taiwanese Hou Hsiao-hsien starring Fang Shuan, Hada Michiko, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Jack Kao, Carina Lau, Tony Leung, Rebecca Pan, Michelle Reis and Vicky Wei.
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Jun
26
Moribana
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Moribana (盛り花, 盛花) is a type of Japanese flower arrangement Ikebana which uses a shallow container and a kenzan, a holder with many sharp points into which flowers are inserted. The big feature of moribana is the broad expanse of natural-looking shapes and a mound of beautiful flowers.
While the heika style was developed many centuries […]
Jun
26
Tokyo Girl
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Tokyo Girl was a single from Ace of Base’s album release known as Cruel Summer in the United States and Japan and Flowers in Europe. In France, it was the third single from their album Flowers. The dance track, which received a poor amount of airplay, followed the two hits Life Is a […]
Jun
26
Indeterminate growth
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In biology and especially botany, indeterminate growth refers to growth that is not terminated in contrast to determinate growth that stops once a genetically pre-determined structure has completely formed. Thus, a plant that grows and produces flowers and fruit until killed by frost or some other external factor is called indeterminate. For example, the […]
Jun
25
Flowers for Rhino
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“Flowers for Rhino” is a critically acclaimed Spider-Man story by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo. Published in 2001, it is a pastiche of the classic Science Fiction story “Flowers for Algernon.” Rhino, a brutish and dim-witted enemy of Spider-Man, undergoes a brain operation that turns him into a super-genius, but has the unfortunate side-effect of […]