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Verdant Legends and Botanical Fallacies
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- 1. Succulent mythically said to ward off evil spirits in dry regions
- 2. Process mistakenly blamed for nocturnal plant poisoning in folklore
- 7. Biochemical process sometimes wrongly attributed to nighttime air pollution
- 10. Chemical warfare among plants often exaggerated in household lore
- 13. Chemical combatant of molds confused with mythical plant poisons
- 14. Tiny pores erroneously accused in plant’s nocturnal respiration myth
- 15. Drought-tolerant plant often confused with miracle moisture absorbers
- 16. Non-parasitic grower atop others, misjudged as parasitic invader
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- 3. Vascular tissue misleadingly linked to nutrient theft myths
- 4. Advanced term for leaf yellowing, often mystified as poisoning
- 5. Practice debunked in folklore as hastening plant death
- 6. Directional growth phenomenon often misinterpreted as plant sentience
- 8. Soilless cultivation method confounded with unnatural plant vitality
- 9. Reproductive method twisted into mysterious growth magic tales
- 11. Leaf pigment mistaken as a cause for indoor oxygen depletion myths
- 12. Latin root often misused to fabricate false plant facts
- 17. Symbiotic network debunked as supernatural root communication
- 18. PACKETS Cryptic mis-scrambling related to photosynthetic energy units
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