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calendula

(Encyclopedia) calendulacalendulakəlĕnˈjələ [key], any species of the genus Calendula, Old World plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The common calendula (C. officinalis), an annual with…

zinnia

(Encyclopedia) zinnia, any species of the genus Zinnia of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native chiefly to Mexico, though some range as far north as Colorado and as far south as Guatemala. The…

sunflower

(Encyclopedia) sunflower, any plant of the genus Helianthus of the family Asteraceae (aster family), annual or perennial herbs native to the New World and common throughout the United States. In…

Floral Park

(Encyclopedia) Floral Park, village (2020 pop. 15,784), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, a residential suburb of New York City; inc. 1908. It has a…

Indian pipe

(Encyclopedia) Indian pipe, common name for the genus Monotropa and for the family Monotropaceae, low flowering plants of north temperate zones. They are chlorophylless saprophytes with a funguslike…

trumpet creeper

(Encyclopedia) trumpet creeper,&sp;trumpet flower, and trumpet vine: see bignonia.

Hua-yen Buddhism

(Encyclopedia) Hua-yen BuddhismHua-yen Buddhismhwä-yŭn [key] [Chin.,=flower garland], school of Chinese Buddhism centering on the Avatamsaka Sutra [flower garland sutra]. This school has no Indian…