Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs (or Cochinos Bay) A bay on the southern coast of the island of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, the scene of an unsuccessful invasion attempt in April 1961 by US-backed Cuban exiles seeking to oust the Communist government of Fidel Castro.
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With sprawling alyssum, a little goes a long way
Newspaper article from: Antioch Review (IL); 7/31/2008; ; 698 words
; ...last time the seed industry got excited about alyssum. I'm now 61. So what's happened to alyssum in the 45 years since? Not a lot, apparently. It was in 1961 that "Rosie O'Day" alyssum won the seed industry's equivalent of the...
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Alyssum flowering at seven
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/3/2004; ; 485 words
; ...mistake of thinking seven-year-old Alyssum is past her use-by date. The Awapuni...probably only now reached her physical peak. Alyssum comes from a slow maturing family, a...competitive in good company at seven or older. Alyssum's dam, Kay Row, had five wins and...
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ALYSSUM
Newspaper article from: The Press; 3/27/2004; 572 words
; ...feeding. Although alyssum will grow in semi...tolerate poor soil. OTHER ALYSSUMS Colours: Sweet alyssum also comes in pink...breakaways from the alyssums are the aurinias...Previously known as Alyssum saxatilis, this native...
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SWEET ALYSSUM
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/3/2002; ; 437 words
; PLANT OF THE WEEK SWEET ALYSSUM Sunday, November 3, 2002 Botanical...Planted near a warming brick path, alyssum scents the evening air and continues...texture to flower beds. In autumn, alyssum adds a white filigree among the golds...
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Remember sweet corn and alyssum
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...neighbor, Deb Teall, has sweet white alyssum bubbling over a ... raised bed, one...with retaining wall blocks. Although alyssum is an annual, dying back with each killing...the spring. Either way, the perfumed alyssum returns each subsequent year. I remember...
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New Alyssum Breaks With Tradition / `Aphrodite Mix' is a colorful standout.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 7/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...an old plant in new dress. Take sweet alyssum, Lobularia maritima, that plain, honey...Few plants are easier to grow than sweet alyssum. From seed it takes only six weeks to...year round. There is a trick to growing alyssum. When the initial burst of bloom begins...
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Basket-of-gold is one alyssum that comes back. Plant it in fall.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 10/1/1986; 564 words
; Basket-of-gold is one alyssum that comes back. Plant it in fall...summer reward if you plant perennial alyssum (Aurinia saxatilis) this fall. Whether...shade, this perennial, also known as Alyssum saxatile, provides consistent color...
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Alyssum jinx horse for Hurdle
Newspaper article from: The Press; 11/8/2002; ; 385 words
; ...become frustrated with the Prized mare, Alyssum, lately and co-trainer Peter Hurdle...features, with a mare with the ability of Alyssum stepping into the Wynyard Lodge Breeders...What will happen next if the real Alyssum turns up tomorrow and luck goes here way...
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DEGRADATION OF ALYSSUM MURALE BIOMASS IN SOIL
Magazine article from: International Journal of Phytoremediation; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The Ni-hyperaccumulating plant Alyssum murale accumulates exceptionally high...extractable nickel, elemental allelopathy, Alyssum murale INTRODUCTION Hyperaccumulators...specimen growing in its natural habitat." Alyssum murale has received wide attention because...
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The role of free histidine in xylem loading of nickel in Alyssum lesbiacum and Brassica juncea
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Histidine in Xylem Loading of Nickel in Alyssum lesbiacum and Brassica juncea1 Exposure of the hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum to nickel (Ni) is known to...into the xylem in the nonaccumulator Alyssum montanum, and, as reported here, in...
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alyssum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...any species of the genus Alyssum of the family Cruciferae...flowers. The annual sweet alyssum (called A. maritima but separated...white or lilac blossoms. The alyssums have been called madwort or...belief that they cured rabies. Alyssum is classified in the division...
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perennial
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...horticulture, however, the term is usually restricted to hardy herbaceous perennials, particularly border plants such as alyssum, chrysanthemum, iris, peony, phlox, pink, and tulip, all of which characteristically die down to the ground each year...
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mustard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...species are cultivated as ornamentals, e.g., candytuft , rose of Jericho , wallflower , and types of stock , rocket , and alyssum . Woad was formerly an important dye source. The herbs of the family that are called mustard are species of Brassica native...
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Indicator Species
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...tissues. Nickel concentrations as large as 10% have been found in the tissues of indicator plants in the mustard family ( Alyssum bertolanii and A. murale ) in Russia, and a concentration as large as 25% occurs in the blue-colored latex of Sebertia...
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cabbage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...cabbage family (Cruciferae, or Brassicaceae) includes the mustards and cresses together with many ornamentals (candytuft, alyssum, stocks, nasturtiums, wallflowers). ∎ the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. ∎...
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