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Brewer's: Clouded Cane

(A). A malacca cane clouded or mottled from age and use. These canes were very fashionable in the first quarter of the present century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

cane, walking stick

(Encyclopedia) cane, walking stick. Probably used first as a weapon, it gradually took on the symbolism of strength and power and eventually authority and social prestige. Ancient Egyptian rulers…

Brewer's: Grotta del Cane

(Naples). The Dog's Cave, so called from the practice of sending dogs into it to show visitors how the carbonic acid gas near the floor of the cave kills them. Source: Dictionary of…

rattan

(Encyclopedia) rattanrattanrătănˈ [key], name for a number of plants of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, and Korthalsia climbing palms of tropical Asia, belonging to the family Palmae (palm family).…

cane, in botany

(Encyclopedia) cane, in botany, name for the hollow or woody, usually slender and jointed stems of plants (particularly rattan and other bamboos) and for various tall grasses, e.g., sugarcane,…

sugarcane

(Encyclopedia) sugarcane, tall tropical perennials (species of Saccharum, chiefly S. officinarum) of the family Poaceae (grass family), probably cultivated in their native Asia from prehistoric times…

bamboo

(Encyclopedia) bamboo, plant of the family Poaceae (grass family), chiefly of warm or tropical regions, where it is sometimes an extremely important component of the vegetation. It is most abundant…

Vélez-Málaga

(Encyclopedia) Vélez-MálagaVélez-Málagavāˈlāth-mäˈlägä [key], town (1990 pop. 54,234), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Vélez River. Subtropical in climate, chirimoyas, bananas, olives,…