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kratom

(Encyclopedia) kratom, drug obtained from the leaves of the tropical evergreen tree Mitragyna speciosa, also called kratom, a relative of the coffee tree found in Southeast Asia. The leaves are…

Colonial Heights

(Encyclopedia) Colonial Heights, city (2020 pop. 18,170), in, but independent of, Chesterfield co., SE Va.; inc. as a city 1948. Chemicals, metal…

cocoa-plum

(Encyclopedia) cocoa-plum, sweet but somewhat dry fruit of the evergreen tree Chrysobalanus icaco, of the family Chyrsobalanaceae. The fruits are eaten fresh and often made into preserves. An oil…

Poems: My Pretty Rose Tree

by WilliamBlakeThe TigerAh SunflowerMy Pretty Rose Tree A flower was offered to me, Such a flower as May never bore; But I said "I've a pretty rose tree," And I passed the sweet…

Aesop's Fables: The Fir-Tree and the Bramble

by Aesop The Ass and the Lap-DogThe Frogs' Complaint Against the SunThe Fir-Tree and the Bramble A Fir-tree was boasting to a Bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, "You poor creature…

Aesop's Fables: The Peasant and the Apple-Tree

by Aesop The Boy and the NettlesThe Jackdaw and the PigeonsThe Peasant and the Apple-Tree A Peasant had an Apple-tree growing in his garden, which bore no fruit, but merely served to…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Fir Tree

The Shoes of FortuneThe Snow QueenThe Fir Tree Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough…