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ELAIOSOME
Etymology
Noun
elaiosome (plural elaiosomes)
(botany) A fleshy structure rich in lipids attached to the seeds of many plant species, usually to attract ants that disperse the seeds.
Hyponyms
• caruncle
Source: Wiktionary
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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