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  • Timber

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Timber”,”exam”:”Hardwood is a trade term, not always harder than softwood.”}

  • Spice

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Spice”,”exam”:”Herbs are usually leafy and fresh; spices are often dried hard parts.”}

  • Pulse

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Pulse”,”exam”:”Pulses are legumes; cereals are grasses.”}

  • Oilseed

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Oilseed”,”exam”:”Mustard and sunflower oils come from seeds; coconut oil from endosperm.”}

  • Medicinal plant

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Medicinal plant”,”exam”:”Dose separates medicine from poison.”}

  • Fibre crop

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Fibre crop”,”exam”:”Cotton fibre is almost pure cellulose.”}

  • Cereal

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Cereal”,”exam”:”Maize is C4; wheat and rice are C3.”}

  • Polyploidy

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Polyploidy”,”exam”:”Colchicine is used to induce polyploidy.”}

  • Mutation

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Mutation”,”exam”:”Point, chromosomal, or genome (ploidy) mutation.”}

  • Mitosis

    {“group”:”Genetics”,”term”:”Mitosis”,”exam”:”Chromosome number stays the same.”}

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