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Eucarya

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n.1.quandong trees.
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Noun1.Eucarya - quandong trees
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
family Santalaceae, sandalwood family, Santalaceae - chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit
Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree - Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed


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95 Hardcover QR82 Biochemists, microbiologists, and other researchers synthesize what is known about the molecular and cellular biology of a group of organisms that are different from both Bacteria and the Eucarya, have played a central role in the evolution of life, and often thrive in places previously thought to be totally inimical to life.
Neither bacteria nor eucarya (plants, animals, fungi, and any other organisms with a nucleus in their cells), archaea represent a third branch of life, many scientists contend.
Until recently, biologists had divided the so-called tree of life into two main branches, the Bacteria (or Prokaryotes), and the Eucarya (or Eukaryotes).
 
 
 
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