Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers.SHARMAN APT RUSSELL Often looked upon as just pretty faces, flowers nevertheless command an essential role in the botanical bo·tan·i·cal also bo·tan·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to plants or plant life. 2. Of or relating to the science of botany. n. domain. Virtually every plant eaten by a person or animal relies on flowers for reproduction. Flowers have a place in medicine's fight against childhood leukemia leukemia (l  kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature . A
company in New Jersey de contaminated contaminated,v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. a uranium factory by using sunflowers to absorb radioactive material radioactive material Radiation A substance that contains unstable–radioactive–atoms that give off radiation as they decay. See Radioactive decay. . Nature writer Russell delineates such myriad attributes of flowers in lyrical prose about blooms' fascinating ways of communicating, adapting to their environment, and evolving. Originally published in hardcover in 2001. Perseus Bks, 2002, 215 p., b&w illus., paperback, $13.00. |
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