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Ophiopogon japonicus

Index Ophiopogon japonicus

Ophiopogon japonicus (dwarf lilyturf, mondograss, fountainplant, monkeygrass; リュウノヒゲ ryu-no-hige ("dragon's beard") or ジャノヒゲ ja-no-hige ("snake's beard")) is a species of Ophiopogon native to China, India, Japan, and Vietnam. [1]

21 relations: Aquarium, Aquatic plant, Berry (botany), Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Cultivar, Evergreen, Flower, Fruit, Groundcover, John Bellenden Ker Gawler, Leaf, Liriope spicata, Ophiopogon, Ornamental plant, Perennial plant, Raceme, Sod, Stolon, Traditional Chinese medicine, Tuber, Yin and yang.

Aquarium

An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Berry (botany)

In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone produced from a single flower containing one ovary.

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Carl Linnaeus the Younger

Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (20 January 1741 – 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist.

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Cultivar

The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Groundcover

Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows over an area of ground.

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John Bellenden Ker Gawler

John Bellenden Ker, originally John Gawler was an English botanist born about 1764 in Ramridge, Andover, Hampshire and died in June 1842 in the same town.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Liriope spicata

Liriope spicata is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plant from East Asia.

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Ophiopogon

Ophiopogon (lilyturf) is a genus of evergreen perennial plants native to warm temperate to tropical east, southeast, and south Asia.

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Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as houseplants, for cut flowers and specimen display.

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Raceme

A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis.

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Sod

Sod or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by its roots or another piece of thin material.

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Stolon

In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms.

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Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a style of traditional medicine built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine.

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Tuber

Tubers are enlarged structures in some plant species used as storage organs for nutrients.

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Yin and yang

In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (and; 陽 yīnyáng, lit. "dark-bright", "negative-positive") describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

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Redirects here:

Dwarf lilyturf, Mondo grass, Mondograss, Mài mén dōng, 麥門冬.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiopogon_japonicus

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