The cycad is any plant of the order Cycadales, tropical and subtropical palmlike evergreens. The cycads, ginkgos, and conifers comprise the three major orders of gymnosperms, or cone-bearing plants (see cone and plant).
Category: Nature
Nature is filled with threes. Land, sea, and air. People propagate many plants by three chief methods. These methods are: (1) cuttage, (2) grafting, and (3) layering. Forests a catagirized into three major groups: (1) coniferous forests, (2) temperate deciduous forests, and (3) tropical rain forests.
Sakurajima
A peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, opposite Kagoshima. Formerly an island, Sakurajima became a peninsula in 1914 when lava from three volcanic cones closed the channel (Mt. Sakurajima is still active). Its fruits and turnips are famous throughout Japan.
Quail
Common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls.
