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A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Flowers give rise to fruit and seeds. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen.
In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.
A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Each of these kinds of parts is arranged in a whorl on the receptacle. The four main whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows:
Actors: Nedra McClyde (actress), Alfred E. Rutherford (producer), Alfred E. Rutherford (actor), Benton Greene (actor), Virginie Danglades (editor), Jessica Schoen (editor), Derrick Anthony (writer), Derrick Anthony (producer), Derrick Anthony (director), Torre Reigns (actor), Hans Longo (actor), Amelia Winfree (producer), Kayla Ringgold (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Adam Nicholas (writer), Adam Nicholas (director), Adam Nicholas (editor), Adam Nicholas (producer), Ceri Mears (actor), Johnathon Farrell (actor), Thomas Rees (writer), Zoe Mills (actress), Bill Bellamy (actor), Clay Paulsson (actor), Chris Cox (actor), Ross Jeffries (actor), Richard Eugene (actor), James Earring (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Lewis Carroll (writer), Chelsea Archer (actor), Chelsea Archer (actor), Chelsea Archer (actor), Chelsea Archer (actor), Chelsea Archer (actor), Chelsea Archer (actor), Daniel Baker (editor), Daniel Baker (writer), Daniel Baker (actor), Daniel Baker (director), Ashley Bigbee (miscellaneous crew), Ben Drake (actor), Ben Drake (actor), Ashley Bigbee (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Short,Actors: Bud Spencer (actor), Christopher Atkins (actor), Enzo G. Castellari (director), Gianfranco Amicucci (editor), Enzo G. Castellari (writer), Philip Michael Thomas (actor), Claudio Bonivento (producer), Vadim Glowna (actor), David E. Ornston (actor), Giuseppe Pedersoli (producer), Raffaele Mottola (actor), Anita Borgiotti (miscellaneous crew), Nancy Duerr (actress), Leslie Herman (costume designer), Chick Bernhardt (actor),
Plot: Agent Blake finds the corpse of a child. It is one of a long chain. The murderer is called The Miami Killer by the newspapers. Extralarge assists the police in their investigation. All the murdered children suffered from some kind of ailment and the murderer knew his or her victims very well. The successive victim appears to be Elsie who is asthmatic and Extralarge suspects father Marthy and Elsie's teacher. Then Elsie is kidnapped. Can she be saved?
Keywords: based-on-novel, blood, blood-splatter, brutality, bullet-ballet, bullet-time, combat, comic-relief, death, exit-woundActors: Chris Mulkey (actor), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Wendy Cutler (actress), Terry O'Quinn (actor), James Avery (actor), Jim Antonio (actor), Kathy Bates (actress), George Murdock (actor), James Gammon (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Ken Jenkins (actor), Kevin Cooney (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Holly Hunter (actress), Holly Hunter (actress),
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Plot: Fontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, the hobo, and partying. She hires a manager, Tony, to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on him satisfying her nymphomaniac demands. Tony loses interest in Fontaine, and turns his attention to her young step daughter, who uses him to get back at Fontaine for cheating on her father.
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Plot: A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their number is framed by a drug racketeer. Co-opting a well-known journalist to their cause, they scheme to bring the racketeer to justice in a home-made "trial" in the crypt of a ruined church.
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Keywords: character-name-in-title