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MISINMidwest Invasive Species Information Network | |
MusaceaeBanana Family. Comprised of 2 genera and about 50 species native to Africa, Asia and Australia. Members of this family usually have a pseudostem formed from the leaf sheaths, very large leaves, leaves with a thick midrib and parallel veins, separate male and female flowers on the same plant, flowers and fruit in dense bunches, and a fleshy fruit with several hard stony seeds. | |
MytilidaeMarine Mussel Family. Comprised of 54 genera and about 412 species of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve mollusks. | |
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Najadaceae | |
NymphSexually immature form usually similar to the adult and found in such insects as grasshoppers and cockroaches, which have incomplete, or hemimetabolic, metamorphosis. | |
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OblongLonger than wide, with parallel sides, but broad, rather than narrow. | |
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OleaceaeOlive Family. Comprised of 24 genera and about 615 species of woody trees or shrubs. Members of this family have four sepals, four petals, two stamens, and two fused carpets that form a single superior ovary. Many are cultivated for their beautiful and fragrant flowers. | |
OppositeSituated directly across from; as in leaves or branches at the same node. | |
OrbicularCircular in outline. | |