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orchid

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Rose pogonia, Pogonia ophioglossoides, a member of the orchid family orchid, popular name for members of the Orchidaceae, a family of perennial herbs widely distributed in both…

Notes to the Reader

Book: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Notes to the ReaderThe reader will perhaps also be helped by the following list of the Greek and Latin names of the gods…

Brewer's: Rose

Sir John Mandeville says- A Jewish maid of Bethlehem (whom Southey names Zillah) was beloved by one Hamuel, a brutish sot. Zillah rejected his suit, and Hamuel vowed vengeance. He gave out…

Weather: Feeling the Pressure

Feeling the PressureWeatherGoing in CirclesFeeling the PressureHigh Points and LowWhat Makes the Weather Go 'RoundWhat's in a Name?Scales of Motion Do you grow tired at the end of the day? I have an…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXV

Purgatorio: Canto XXIVPurgatorio: Canto XXVIPurgatorio: Canto XXV Now was it the ascent no hindrance brooked, Because the sun had his meridian circle To Taurus left, and night to…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXVIII

Purgatorio: Canto XXVIIPurgatorio: Canto XXIXPurgatorio: Canto XXVIII Eager already to search in and round The heavenly forest, dense and living-green, Which tempered to the eyes the…