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Bradytelic — when organisms evolve at exceptionally slow rate. It is believed that this classification applies to plants also. Many annual species like Gilia, Clarkia, and many epiphytic orchids are tachytelic while Magnolia, Cer- cidiphyllum, ...

Even TV announcers at the last Winter Olympics were spotted with a swoosh on their jackets.

She was my affair, but for me she was everything.