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(Encyclopedia) marjoram or sweet marjoramsweet marjorammärˈjərəm [key], Old World perennial aromatic herb (Marjorana hortensis) of the family Labiatae (mint family), cultivated in gardens for…Hunan
(Encyclopedia) Hunan Hunan h&oomacr;ˈnänˈ [key] [south of the lake], province, c.80,000 sq mi (207,254 sq km), S…Zhejiang
(Encyclopedia) ZhejiangZhejiangjŭˈjyängˈ [key] or ChekiangZhejiangchĕˈkyăngˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 54,426,891), c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), SE China, on the East China Sea. The capital is…Yunnan
(Encyclopedia) Yunnan or Yun-nanYunnanboth: yünˈnän [key] [south of the clouds], province (2010 pop. 45,966,239), c.162,000 sq mi (419,600 sq km), SW China. It borders Myanmar on the west and Laos…Iruma
(Encyclopedia) Iruma Iruma ēr&oomacr;ˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Iruma…Fortune, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of…orange, in botany
(Encyclopedia) orange, name for a tree of the family Rutaceae (rue, or orange, family), native to China and Indochina, and for its fruit, the most important fresh fruit of international commerce. Its…Hamamatsu
(Encyclopedia) Hamamatsu Hamamatsu hämäˈmäts&oomacr; [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. An…Kanoya
(Encyclopedia) KanoyaKanoyakänōˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 77,655), Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, on the Osumi Peninsula. It is an agricultural market for cereals and sweet potatoes, and it…Fosse, Bob
(Encyclopedia) Fosse, Bob (Robert Louis Fosse)Fosse, Bobfôˈsē, fŏsˈē [key], 1927–87, American choreographer and director, b. Chicago. Generally recognized as the most talented and influential…Trending
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