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(Encyclopedia)Plauen plouˈən [key], city (1994 pop. 69,387), Saxony, E central Germany, on the White Elster River and at the northwestern foot of the Erzgebirge. It has been a textile-milling center since the 15t...Przemyśl
(Encyclopedia)Przemyśl pshĕˈmĭshəl [key], Ukr. Peremyshl, city (1989 est. pop. 67,000), Podkarpackie prov., extreme SE Poland, on the San River in the Carpathian foothills. It is a trade center and has metalwo...Beaune
(Encyclopedia)Beaune bōn [key], town, Côte-d'Or dept., E France, in Burgundy. It is a noted center for Bu...Faisalabad
(Encyclopedia)Faisalabad līˈəlpo͝or [key], city, NE Pakistan, in a cotton- and wheat-growing area. It is an ...Falaise
(Encyclopedia)Falaise fälĕzˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 8,387), Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy. Once an important textile center, the town is now an agricultural marketplace and manufactures cheeses and ...Girona
(Encyclopedia)Girona hārōˈnä [key], city, capital of Girona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Onyar ...Udagamandalam
(Encyclopedia)Udagamandalam o͞oˈtəkəmŭndˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 81,763), Tamil Nadu state, SW India, in the Nilgiri Hills. At an altitude of c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), the town is the most famous hot-weather reso...Bruay-la-Buissière
(Encyclopedia)Bruay-la-Buissière än-ärtwäˈ [key], town, Pas-de-Calais dept., NE France. Once a coal-mining center, ...musk
(Encyclopedia)musk, odorous substance secreted by an abdominal gland of the musk deer, used in perfume as a scent and fixative. The gland, found only in males, grows to the size of a hen's egg; the secretion is red...medicinal plants
(Encyclopedia)medicinal plants, plants used as natural medicines. This practice has existed since prehistoric times. There are three ways in which plants have been found useful in medicine. First, they may be used ...Browse by Subject
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