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Sago Palm
Metroxylon sagu Rottb.
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Palm Traits 1.0
spines
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260
Definition:
A hard, thorny or needle-like structure which occurs on various organisms. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self-defense mechanism
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