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Plants

Medical Definition: Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of the kingdom Plantae. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absense of nervous and sensory systems; and an alteration of haploid and diploid generations.
Guide Notes: GEN only: prefer specific groups or specific plants; plants or "plant tissue": Manual 31.10; /anat: consider also PLANT COMPONENTS; /embryol: consider also SEEDS; policy 22.30, 36.25; plants used in therapy = PHYTOTHERAPY: Manual 26.29
Plants Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plant Components - The anatomical components of a plant, including SEEDS.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plant Families and Groups - Groupings that include specific plants within larger families or divisions.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plants, Edible - An organism of the vegetable kingdom suitable by nature for use as a food, especially by human beings. Not all parts of any given plant are edible but all parts of edible plants have been known to figure as raw or cooked food: leaves, roots, tubers, stems, seeds, buds, fruits, and flowers. The most commonly edible parts of plants are FRUIT, usually sweet, fleshy, and succulent. Most edible plants are commonly cultivated for their nutritional value and are referred to as VEGETABLES.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plants, Medicinal - Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, or other pharmacologic activity when administered to higher animals.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Plants, Toxic - Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Seedling - Very young plant after GERMINATION of SEEDS.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Trees - Woody, usually tall, perennial higher plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and some Pterophyta) having usually a main stem and numerous branches.

Plants Medical Definitions and Terms

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