Aquifoliales

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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Flower bingo

Britannica’s Flower Bingo

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima).

Merry and Bright: 8 Jolly Christmas Plants

Discover

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.

Weapons of World War I

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Aquifoliales: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	holly order

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American holly Aquifoliaceae holly Helwingia Ilex gardneriana winterberry Japanese holly yerba maté English holly yaupon Asterales Dipsacales Apiales

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

Demystified

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?