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TERMS & DEFINITIONS

annuals

plants with a one year life cycle

   

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an animal that prefers to eat tender shoots, twigs, shrubs, and tree leaves
   

carbohydrates

starches, sugars, and cellulose produced by plants during photosynthesis that release energy during digestion
   

cellulose

the chief component of plant tissues and fibers
   

composting

the decay or break down of organic matter
   
fodder
coarse, dry food, such as hay, fed to livestock
   
grazer
an animal adapted to eating grasses
   
perennials
plants with a multi-year cycle that survive dry and cold weather by going dormant
   
ratites
flightless, running birds, such as emus and ostriches, that have a flat breastbone without a keel
   
ruminants
a group (suborder) of plant-eating hoofed mammals that have a multi-chambered stomach as part of their complex digestive tract which houses billions of micro-organisms to help digest cellulose
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