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pulvinus
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pulvinus
cushion, pad.

pulvinus dentalis
the dental pad which replaces the upper incisors in the mouth of ruminants.
pulvinus digitalis
the digital cushion, a pad of fat, white fibrous and elastic tissue located between the distal phalanx and the sole and frog of the hoof of the horse.


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Their diet is based on leaves and fruits, although other vegetable matter, such as petioles, pulvini, buds, flowers, stems, twigs and bark can also be eaten," said Dr Julio Bicca-Marques of the Primatology Research Group at the PUC/RS Bioscience Faculty in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
99 Hardcover QK745 The first two of the nine contributions in this collection synthesize recent findings leading to new models explaining how plants sense gravity and organize gravity signal transduction in roots, hypocotyls, shoots, and cereal pulvini.
Their diet is based on leaves and fruits, although other vegetable matter, such as petioles, pulvini, buds, flowers, stems, twigs and bark can also be eaten," said Dr Julio Bicca-Marques of the Primatology Research Group at the PUC/RS Bioscience Faculty in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
 
 
 
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