plants

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There, mycorrhizal fungi attach to the cells of a plant’s roots and spread out threadlike filaments, searching for nutrients and water to supply to the plant in return for carbon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Extending the plant's operation until 2030 would raise costs for consumers and lead to an estimated 26 billion euros loss in renewable energy investment, he added.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Customers have accelerated their qualifications of the new plant’s aluminum for the automotive, beverage can and industrial markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

She recognized the tall spikes of yarrow and its dense clustered blossoms; around them twined the flopping stems of coreopsis, above a carved base of that plant’s mounded dark and feathery leaves.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry