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Davies, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Davies, Sir JohnDavies, Sir Johndāˈvĭs [key], 1569–1626, English poet. A successful lawyer, he served as solicitor general and attorney general in Ireland from 1603 to 1619. His works…

Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk)

(Encyclopedia) Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk)Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk)hĕnrēĕtˈə vän dĕr skhälk rōˈlänt hôlst [key], 1869–1952, Dutch writer. Her early Sonnets and Poems…

Barnes, Barnabe

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Barnabe, 1569?–1609, English poet. His major work is Parthenophil and Parthenophe (1593), a collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes. He also wrote A Divine Century…

cocoa-plum

(Encyclopedia) cocoa-plum, sweet but somewhat dry fruit of the evergreen tree Chrysobalanus icaco, of the family Chyrsobalanaceae. The fruits are eaten fresh and often made into preserves. An oil…

Pará rubber tree

(Encyclopedia) Pará rubber treePará rubber treepäräˈ [key], large tree (Hevea brasiliensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), native to tropical South America and the source of the…

tree shrew

(Encyclopedia) tree shrew, small, arboreal mammal of the family Tupaiidae, found in S Asia. The 17 known species of tree shrews are classified as the order Tupaioidea or Scandentia. Tree shrews…

Tchernihovsky, Saul

(Encyclopedia) Tchernihovsky, SaulTchernihovsky, Saulchərnəhôfˈskē [key], 1873–1943, Russian poet who wrote in Hebrew. He was a practicing physician. His sonnets and idylls eschew the didacticism of…

tung oil

(Encyclopedia) tung oil, oil obtained from the seeds of a tropical tree, the tung tree (Aleurites fordii) of the spurge family, and from seeds of some related species, all from Indomalesia or W…