Alnus
Alnus (alder; family Betulaceae) A genus of deciduous trees which are common in wet places. The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules. The leaves are
simple; the flowers are unisexual and borne in
catkins, the female flowers developing into a woody, persistent, cone-like structure. The trees are useful for timber and as ornamentals. There are 35 species, occurring in the north temperate zone, extending south to the Himalayas and Andes. See also
FRANKIA.
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 "The Economist (US)")
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If you can't, Yucatan can. (US trade)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/22/1993; 700+ words
; ...United States MOST Mexicans refer to the Yucatan peninsula as "the south-east", and...peninsula's largest city and the capital of Yucatan state, lies farther north than Mexico...into the Gulf of Mexico like a thumb, Yucatan points towards Miami and New Orleans...
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Yucatan's ads for dollar-an-hour workers have turned some against NAFTA. (Originated from Seattle Times)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/31/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...advertisement, paid for by the Mexican state of Yucatan's Department of Industrial and Commercial Development...expensive and the Far East too far. Yes You Can In Yucatan.'' ``Yes You Can In Yucatan'' is the answer to the questions posed in a...
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Florida's next frontier. (international trade prospects in Yucatan Peninsula for Florida businessmen) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Florida Trend; 2/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; The Yucatan Peninsula is easy and cheap to get it...shocked to learn on a recent visit that some Yucatan drugstores are already calling themselves...imitations. Atwell had never been to the Yucatan before on business. Like many Florida...
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First record of shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) in Yucatan, Mexico.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...expected to invade into Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico (Post and Wiley 1977...eastern edge of the town of Rio Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico. Identifying field marks of...off tail, and a solid dark eye. Of Yucatan resident species with which the Shiny...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Yucatan Peninsula: On the road to recovery
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...stone steps of Nicoh Mul, at 140 feet the Yucatan's tallest Mayan pyramid. I reached...an undulating sea of green. Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is a vast thumb of low-lying...subterranean rivers. For 1,000 years the Yucatan was occupied by a shifting patchwork of...
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P.A.N & P.R.D. CONSIDERING RUNNING JOINT CANDIDATES IN YUCATAN & TABASCO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS.
Magazine article from: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; 2/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...coalitions in gubernatorial elections in Yucatan and Tabasco states later this year. But...gubernatorial races, scheduled for May 27 in Yucatan and Nov. 11 in Tabasco. In a resolution...candidate Patricio Patron Laviada in the Yucatan election if the conservative party agreed...
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Scotia Prince Bridges Gulf of Mexico; The 'Yucatan Express' Offers Unique Vacation Packages; Complete Mexico Vacation Packages Departing From Tampa Starting at $229.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2002; 700+ words
; TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yucatan Express has announced pricing and vacation...weekly between the Port of Tampa and the Yucatan Peninsula -- Cancun (Morelos) and...choose luxury motor coach tours of the Yucatan or they may select from a wide selection...
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The secret Yucatan: this region has many unique aspects that are not well known among American travelers. (Destination: Mexico).
Magazine article from: Travel Agent; 10/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; The state of Yucatan has always been a center of archeology...region with such other destinations on the Yucatan Peninsula as Cancun. That perception...which is one of the three states on the Yucatan Peninsula, neighbored by Quintana Roo...
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Yucatan's church of all ages
Magazine article from: Americas; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; THE CATHEDRAL of Merida, in Yucatan, Mexico, celebrates its four hundredth...honoring the image of the Virgin of Yucatan on one side and the cathedral facade...offered for sale through local banks. Yucatan was a great deception for the Spanish...
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After the storm: Yucatan struggles to regroup following hurricane damage. (Spotlight).
Magazine article from: Business Mexico; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Akil S.A. de C.V., based in Akil, Yucatan, which makes orange juice concentrate...through on September 21 and 22, skirting Yucatan's northern coast, turning inland just...strewn about, and 300,000 people in Yucatan alone were homeless. ASSESSING THE DAMAGE...
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Gulf of Mexico
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...semi-enclosed sea located between the Yucatan and Florida peninsulas, at the southeast...Gulf from the Atlantic Ocean, while the Yucatan Channel separates it from the Caribbean...coming from the warm Caribbean Sea by the Yucatan Channel, meandering around in the Gulf...
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Maya Religion
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...period is the Relación de las Cosas de Yucatan, (Account of the Things of Yucatan) written by the Franciscan Priest Diego de Landa...Landa's Relación de las Cosas de Yucatan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1941...
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Hildebrand, Alan Russell (1955- )
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...the catastrophic Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico that is considered...discovered the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. In 1992, he received...discovered the Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The crater has a...
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Robert Redfield
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...latter in collaboration with the village schoolteacher, Alfonso Villa. Folk Culture of Yucatan (1941) compared the effects of civilization on four Yucatan communities that shared a Mayan heritage but differed in amount of external communication...
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sisal hemp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sisal hemp [from Sisal, former chief port of Yucatan], important cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of the...the pre-Columbian Native Americans] is grown chiefly in Yucatan, and production of henequen twine is a major industry there...
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