Sentence examples for example of a plant from inspiring English sources

The opium poppy is another example of a plant domesticated solely for a narcotic.

An example of a plant toxin is the belladonna alkaloid hyoscyamine, which is found in belladonna (Atropa belladonna) and jimsonweed (Datura stramonium).

And what's the first example of a plant competing with an animal for the same food?

It is "the first example of a plant pollen like protein in a worm that is targeted by IgE," the researchers write today in PLOS Computational Biology.

Though it's rare for plants to use sound as an attraction tactic, there are other species that employ this technique, like some bat-pollinated plants in the Neotropics; this, however, is the first example of a plant that doesn't use the strategy for pollination.

It is a representative example of a plant whose seeds are spread through myrmecochory, or ant-mediated dispersal, which is effective in increasing the plant's ability to outcross, but ineffective in bringing the plant very far.

Mr. Elleithee said yesterday that this second instance was not an example of a planted question.

This remodeling mechanism is one example of a plant-wide response to Pi-limitation at a micro-scale, in addition to responses at the macro scale, e.g. by remodeling root architecture.

Exudation of defense compounds from roots into soil is an example of a plant-imposed habitat filter that can have a spatial sphere of influence that extends to the endophyte communities of plant neighbors.

One of the best-known examples of a plant that can provoke a contact hypersensitivity reaction is poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), found throughout North America.

For example, in the case of a plant, the whole organism is more than a collection of leaves, stems and roots.