Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae A distinctive family of monocotyledons (
Monocotyledoneae) with no close relatives, most of which are herbs and
epiphytes, a few being terrestrial. Most have leaves crowded together with an amplexicaul (see
STIPULE) base forming a tank from which water is absorbed. The inflorescence is terminal, sometimes with showy
bracts. The flowers are regular and
trimerous. The fruit is a
berry or
capsule. There are 46 genera, with about 2110 species, entirely confined to the New World, except for one in W. Africa, and mostly tropical.
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Vladimir Sergeyevich Soloviev
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vladimir Sergeyevich Soloviev , 1853-1900, Russian religious philosopher and poet; son of Sergei Mikhailovich Soloviev. Soloviev believed in the incarnation of divine wisdom in a being called...
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Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
SOLOVIEV, VLADIMIR SERGEYEVICH (1853 – 1900), philosopher...end of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev sought to counter the secular trend...a Christian Be a Nationalist? Vladimir Soloviev's Critique of Nationalism...
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Bely, Andrei
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...including Leon Trotsky. Mikhail Soloviev applauded Boris's early literary...Petersburg (1916), which Vladimir Nabokov considered one of the...alexandrovich; silver age; soloviev, vladimir sergeyevich bibliography Alexandrov, Vladimir...
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State Principle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...x2013; 1885) and Sergei Soloviev (1820 – 1879). According to Soloviev, the transition from...Soviet scholars, unlike Soloviev, considered Kievan Rus...muscovy; solovrev, vladimir sergeyevich; time of troubles Mikhail...
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Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...made the acquaintance of Symbolist poets, including Vladimir Soloviev and Andrei Bely. His first poetry collection Stikhi...unofficial interpretations. See also: pushkin, alexander sergeyevich; silver age bibliography Berberova, Nina. (1996...
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