major planet
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~ (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
mesophytic plant
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~ land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
mother-in-law plant
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~ an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
moth plant
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~ any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
monocarpic plant
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~ a plant that bears fruit once and dies
monocarpous plant
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~ a plant that bears fruit once and dies
mole plant
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~ showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
money plant
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~ southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
mole plant
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~ poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
Mexican fire plant
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~ poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
marsh plant
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~ a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
manufacturing plant
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~ a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
madia oil plant
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~ South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
mung bean plant
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~ erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
mud plantain
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~ grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
mustard plaster
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~ a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient
motor end plate
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~ the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle
metal plating
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~ a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
medal play
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~ golf scoring by total strokes taken
morality play
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~ an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices