Botany I - Some Wrong Answers:
Dew is formed on leaves when the
sun shines down on them and makes them
perspire.
Mushrooms always grow in
damp places and so they look like
umbrellas.
The
pistol of a flower is its only
protection against insects.
Germinate: To become a
naturalized German.
Rhubarb: A kind of
celery gone bloodshot.
Link:
http://www.gardendigest.com/humor.htm
"The stigma is part of the female reproductive part of a flower, the pistil. The stigma is on top of the style. The stigma can be either hairy or sticky..."
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma_(botany)
Yes, indeed, T(h)ink, certain elements of the reproductive parts of flowers and other living organisms can be "slippery", "sticky", "hairy", "stylish", "stigmatic", "pasty", "stomachal", "detonating", ...
Lol -
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But...but... Marianne, I thought those were all TRUE things! ('Specially the bloodshot celery...)
Lol, Virginia - who knows ? There seems to be a lack of "evidence" !
Lol, Virginia, actually, this little vegetable romance was also talking to fairies, especially garden fairies.
Oh Marianne, I am SO SURE that is true...the vegetable romance and the garden fairies...
Lol - that is a case for T(h)ink.
Lol - I know that I was a bit late ...