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In biology , an organism is any contiguous living system , such as an ___MASK32___ , ___MASK18___ , fungus , archaeon , or bacterium . All known types of organisms are capable of some degree of response to stimuli , reproduction , growth and development and homeostasis . An organism consists of one or more cells ; when it has one cell it is known as a unicellular organism ; and when it has more than one it is known as a multicellular organism . Most unicellular organisms are of microscopic scale and are thus loosely described as microorganisms . Humans are multicellular organisms composed of many trillions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs . Caraway , also known as meridian fennel , and Persian cumin , (" ___MASK65___ carvi ") is a biennial plant in the family ___MASK63___ , native to western Asia , Europe , and North Africa . ___MASK15___ (" Apium graveolens "), a marshland ___MASK18___ in the family ___MASK63___ , has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity . ___MASK15___ has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves . Depending on location and cultivar , either its stalks , leaves , or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking . ___MASK45___ is a genus of herbs in the ___MASK63___ family containing the cultivated species ___MASK45___ sativum ( coriander ) and the wild species ___MASK45___ tordylium . The leaves and seeds of ___MASK45___ sativum are used in cooking . The leaves are often referred to as cilantro in North America . A genus ( genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology . In the hierarchy of biological classification , genus comes above species and below family . In binomial nomenclature , the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus . ___MASK49___ ( including ___MASK15___ and the marshworts ) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family ___MASK63___ , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe , Asia , Africa , South America and Australia . They are medium to tall biennials or perennials growing up to 1 m high in the wet soil of marshes and salt marshes , and have pinnate to bipinnate leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels . Some species are edible , notably " ___MASK49___ graveolens ", which includes the commercially important vegetables ___MASK15___ , celeriac and Chinese ___MASK15___ . " ___MASK49___ bermejoi " from the island of Minorca is one of the rarest plants in Europe , with fewer than 100 individuals left . ___MASK42___ ( also known as silphion , laserwort , or laser ) was a plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning and as a medicine . It was the essential item of trade from the ancient North African city of Cyrene , and was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that most of their coins bore a picture of the plant . The valuable product was the plant ' s resin (" laser ", laserpicium , or lasarpicium ). The flowering plants ( ___MASK61___ ), also known as Angiospermae or ___MASK59___ , are the most diverse group of land plants , with 416 families , approx . 13 , 164 known genera and a total of c . 295 , 383 known species . Like gymnosperms , ___MASK61___ are seed - producing plants ; they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers , endosperm within the seeds , and the production of fruits that contain the seeds . Etymologically , angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure , in other words , a fruiting plant . The term " angiosperm " comes from the Greek composite word (" angeion ", " case " or " casing ", and " sperma ", " seed ") meaning " enclosed seeds ", after the enclosed condition of the seeds . Lovage , ___MASK96___ officinale , is a tall perennial plant , the sole species in the genus ___MASK96___ in the family ___MASK63___ , subfamily ___MASK90___ , tribe Apieae . The carrot (" ___MASK97___ carota " subsp . " sativus ") is a root vegetable , usually orange in colour , though purple , black , red , white , and yellow varieties exist . Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot , " ___MASK97___ carota ", native to Europe and southwestern Asia . The ___MASK18___ probably originated in Persia and originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds . The most commonly eaten part of the ___MASK18___ is the taproot , although the greens are sometimes eaten as well . The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged , more palatable , less woody - textured taproot . Anise ('), also called aniseed "', is a flowering ___MASK18___ in the family ___MASK63___ native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia . Its flavor has similarities with some other spices , such as star anise , fennel , and licorice . Cicely or sweet cicely ( ___MASK37___ odorata ) is a herbaceous perennial ___MASK18___ belonging to the celery family ___MASK63___ . It is one of two accepted species in the genus ___MASK37___ . Asafoetida is the dried latex ( gum oleoresin ) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of " ___MASK1___ ", a perennial herb that grows tall . The species is native to the deserts of Iran and mountains of Afghanistan and is mainly cultivated in nearby India . As its name suggests , asafoetida has a fetid smell , but in cooked dishes , it delivers a smooth flavour reminiscent of leeks . Coriander ( or ; " ___MASK45___ sativum "), also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley , is an annual herb in the family ___MASK63___ . All parts of the plant are edible , but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking . Dill (" ___MASK55___ graveolens ") is an annual herb in the celery family ___MASK63___ . Binomial nomenclature ( also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature ) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts , both of which use Latin grammatical forms , although they can be based on words from other languages . Such a name is called a binomial name ( which may be shortened to just " binomial "), a binomen or a scientific name ; more informally it is also called a Latin name . The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs ; the second part identifies the species within the genus . For example , humans belong to the genus " ___MASK81___ " and within this genus to the species " ___MASK81___ sapiens ". The " formal " introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus , effectively beginning with his work " Species Plantarum " in 1753 . But Gaspard Bauhin , in as early as 1623 , had introduced in his book " Pinax theatri botanici " ( English , " Illustrated exposition of plants ") many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus . Chervil ( ___MASK89___ cerefolium ), sometimes called garden chervil to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil , or French parsley , is a delicate annual herb related to parsley . It is commonly used to season mild - flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes . ___MASK36___ asiatica , commonly known as ___MASK36___ , is a small , herbaceous , frost - tender perennial ___MASK18___ of the family Mackinlayaceae or subfamily Mackinlayoideae of family ___MASK63___ , and is native to wetlands in Asia . It is used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine , traditional African medicine , and traditional Chinese medicine . It is also known as the Asiatic pennywort or Indian pennywort in English , among various other names in other languages . Parsley or garden parsley ( ___MASK53___ crispum ) is a species of " ___MASK53___ " in the family ___MASK63___ , native to the central Mediterranean region ( southern Italy , Greece , Algeria , and Tunisia ), naturalized elsewhere in Europe , and widely cultivated as a herb , a spice , and a vegetable . ___MASK63___ or Umbelliferae , is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants commonly known as the celery , carrot or parsley family . The family , which is named after the type genus " Apium ", is large , with more than 3 , 700 species spread across 434 genera ; it is the 16th - largest family of flowering plants . Included in this family are the well - known plants : angelica , anise , arracacha , asafoetida , caraway , carrot , celery , " Centella asiatica ", chervil , cicely , coriander ( cilantro ), culantro , cumin , dill , fennel , hemlock , lovage , cow parsley , parsley , parsnip , cow parsnip , sea holly , giant hogweed and silphium ( a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct ). Fennel (" ___MASK43___ vulgare ") is a flowering ___MASK18___ species in the carrot family . It is a hardy , perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves . It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world , especially on dry soils near the sea - coast and on riverbanks . ___MASK27___ is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family ___MASK63___ , native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland and Greenland . They grow to tall , with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish - white flowers . The parsnip (" ___MASK68___ sativa ") is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley . It is a biennial ___MASK18___ usually grown as an annual . Its long , tuberous root has cream - colored skin and flesh ; and left in the ground to mature , it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts . In its first growing season , the ___MASK18___ has a rosette of pinnate , mid - green leaves . If unharvested , it produces its flowering stem , topped by an umbel of small yellow flowers , in its second growing season . By this time , the stem is woody and the tuber is inedible . The seeds are pale brown , flat , and winged .