Crossword clues for gnetum
WordNet
n. small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour [syn: Gnetum gnemon]
Wikipedia
Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales. They are tropical evergreen trees, shrubs and lianas. Unlike other gymnosperms they possess vessel elements in the xylem. Some species have been proposed to have been the first plants to be insect pollinated as their fossils occur in association with the extinct pollinating scorpionflies. Molecular phylogenies based on nuclear and plastid sequences from most of the species indicate hybridization among some of the Southeast Asian species. Fossil-calibrated molecular-clocks suggest that the Gnetum lineages now found in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia are the result of ancient long-distance dispersal across seawater.
Usage examples of "gnetum".
And at her feet Witherby proudly laid an assortment of ediblesclams and sea-slugs, a wriggling squid, purslane and gnetum seeds and a snail or two.
And at her feet Witherby proudly laid an assortment of edibles--clams and sea-slugs, a wriggling squid, purslane and gnetum seeds and a snail or two.
Knowing him to be hungry, they whittled down his rations, then laughed at him when, to keep alive, he crept from the camp evenings and crawled about the island in search of purslane and gnetum seeds and other scraggly growing things to munch raw when the cramps bent him.