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##¨¨#¨¨¨¨#         ¨~-/-~¨ THE PLANT ¨~-/-~¨        ¨¨#¨##¨¨¨#
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#¨¨#¨##¨¨# TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨##
##¨¨¨###¨¨               TRANSPARENT.               ##¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨
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#¨##¨¨¨### THE PLANT  HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ¨###¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨###¨¨#¨# STACKED  UPON THE NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# RIBS  RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN SO, IT'S ¨¨¨###¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨###¨¨# VERY  LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #¨¨#¨##¨¨¨
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#¨##¨¨¨### SEPARATE PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS  IN ¨¨¨¨¨###¨¨
¨¨###¨¨#¨# HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN   GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ¨¨¨¨¨#¨##¨
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