Though plants lack brains, the firing of electrical signals in their stems and leaves nonetheless triggered responses that hinted at consciousness, researchers previously reported.

此前研究人员曾报告称，虽然植物没有大脑，但它们的茎和叶发出的电信号还是触发了类似于意识的反应。

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Think of purslane as a great alternative to lettuce: the leaves and stems are crisp, chewy, succulent, and they have a mild lemony taste.

把马齿苋想成是生菜的一个伟大的替代品：叶和茎是脆的、耐嚼、多汁，而且它们有淡淡的柠檬味。

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The ancestors of plants were photosynthetic single-celled organisms that gave rise to plants presumably lacked true roots, stems, leaves, and complex reproductive structures such as flowers.

植物的祖先是进行光合作用的单细胞生物，由此产生的植物可能缺乏真正的根、茎、叶和复杂的生殖结构，如花朵。

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Then they move the plants to a darker environment to encourage flowering and the formation on the surface of its buds, leaves and stems of trichomes, tiny resin-filled glands resembling sea anemone.

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In addition to the 5, 300 pounds of the module's contents that are destined to be spun into cotton yarn (which in turn could produce about 13, 500 T-shirts), the module also contains 9, 000 pounds of bolls, stems, leaves, and dirt that have been sucked in along with cotton by Nelson's stripper (see Figure 3.5).

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In 1998 Lippoff got what he thought was prized amber, with inclusions of flies, leaves, stems and mosquitoes.

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