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Applied to regions of the world usually no more than 5 to 10 degrees higher in latitude than the Tropics of Cancer or Capricorn and enjoying a climate that is virtually tropical.  

The coolest parts of the northern temperate zone, close to the Arctic Circle.  

The emergence of roots of a cutting.  

Term used for certain herbaceous plants of which the fragrant foliage was once strewn over the floors of such rooms as the dining halls of manor houses, to mask the bad smells from drains and putrefying food scraps. In England woodruff (Galium) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum) were typical strewing herbs.  

Having stems and branches lacking very strong woody tissue, usually with a core of pith.  

A fungal disease characterized by spore-bodies appearing like small masses of black soot, usually infecting the seedheads of grasses.  

Having only a single row of petals: the opposite of double.  

A general term for a dry, inedible fruit that contains seeds, or an inflorescence with developing seeds, as in grasses.  

Any member of the large plant family Cyperaceae, though sometimes used in a narrower sense for plants of its largest genus Carex.