Xochimilco
Xochimilco , town (1990 pop. 271,151), Federal District, S central Mexico, suburb of Mexico City. Mainly a commercial and tourist center, it is famous for its canals lined with poplars and flowers ( Xochimilco is a Native American word meaning "plantation of flowers" ). In pre-Hispanic times the Xochimilcas built soil-covered rafts ( chinampas ) in Lake Xochimilco on which they grew vegetables and flowers to be shipped to Mexico City on the canals. Eventually the rafts became islands rooted to the lake bottom. Boating on the canals is popular among tourists and city residents. Colonial landmarks in the area include a 16th-century church.
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Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck, chevalier de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck, chevalier de , 1744-1829, French naturalist...poverty marred his later years. Lamarck's theory of evolution, or...hypothesis was disputed during Lamarck's lifetime by Cuvier and others...
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Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de (1744–1829...the giraffe had short necks: Lamarck proposed that competition for...not hold a central position in Lamarck's own writings. His cardinal...
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Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de (1744–1829...not hold a central position in Lamarck's own writings. His cardinal...mechanism for this evolution. Lamarck explained that this progress...
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Chevalier de Lamarck
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Chevalier de Lamarck The French naturalist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829), is best known...work on invertebrate animals. Jean de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck...
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