Plants are classified into several different types including the mosses and liverworts (Bryophyta), the clubmosses and horsetails, the ferns (seedless Tracheophyta), and the gymnosperms and angiosperms (seed plants). Only the last group the angiosperms have flowers.
Slapstick is a descendent of the comic routines of Italian commedia dell'arte (mid-fifteenth to mid-seventeenth century) touring players, who developed basic plot scenarios and broad, swiftly drawn characters.
Farce is the style of acting and writing that is typical of farces. The plot often borders on farce. Synonyms: comedy, satire, slapstick, burlesque More Synonyms of farce