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sheep laurel

(Encyclopedia)sheep laurel: see mountain laurel. ...

Plinlimon

(Encyclopedia)Plinlimon: see Plynlimon, mountain, Wales. ...

Parnassus

(Encyclopedia)Parnassus, mountain, Greece: see Parnassós. ...

Alvand

(Encyclopedia)Alvand, mountain, Iran: see Alwand. ...

Kyffhäuser

(Encyclopedia)Kyffhäuser kĭfˈhoizər [key], forested mountain, c.1,550 ft (470 m), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is crowned by the two ruined castles of Rothenburg (7th cent.) and Kyffhausen (12th cent.) an...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Mountain spotted fever, infectious disease caused by a rickettsia. The bacterium is harbored by wild rodents and other animals and is carried by infected ticks of several species that attach the...

Scruggs, Earl Eugene

(Encyclopedia)Scruggs, Earl Eugene, 1924–2012, American banjo player, b. Flint Hill, N.C. He developed a distinctive syncopated, three-finger style on the five-string banjo that changed the way it is played. From...

Ouachita

(Encyclopedia)Ouachita wôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas and NE Louisiana a...

Changpai

(Encyclopedia)Changpai, mountain range, China: see Changbai. ...
 

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