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(Encyclopedia) myrtle, common name for the Myrtaceae, a family of shrubs and trees almost entirely of tropical regions, especially in America and Australia. The family is characterized by leaves (…Magnoliophyta
(Encyclopedia) MagnoliophytaMagnoliophytamăgˌnōlēŏfˈətə [key], division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have…laurel, in botany
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, a member of the laurel family laurel, common name for the Lauraceae, a family of forest trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical SE Asia but also…pollen
(Encyclopedia) pollen, minute grains, usually yellow in color but occasionally white, brown, red, or purple, borne in the anther sac at the tip of the slender filament of the stamen of a flowering…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act II
Act IIScene IRochester. An inn yardEnter a Carrier with a lantern in his handFirst CarrierHeigh-ho! an it be not four by the day, I'll be hanged: Charles' wain is over the new chimney, and…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter IX
Chapter IX I have now reached a period of my life when I can give dates. I left Baltimore, and went to live with Master Thomas Auld, at St. Michael's, in March, 1832. It was now more than seven…animal
(Encyclopedia) animal, any member of the animal kingdom (kingdom Animalia), as distinguished from organisms of the plant kingdom (kingdom Plantae) and the kingdoms Fungi, Protista, and Monera in the…buttercup
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Common buttercup, Ranunculus acris buttercup or crowfoot, common name for the Ranunculaceae, a family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs of cool regions of the Northern…Notable Scientists: Life Sciences
Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies…William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act II, Scene I
Scene IPentapolis. An open place by the sea-sideEnter Pericles, wetPericlesYet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! Wind, rain, and thunder, remember, earthly man Is but a substance…Trending
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