ladybug
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la·dy·bug
/ ˈlādēˌbəg/
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n.
a small beetle (family Coccinellidae), typically red or yellow with black spots. Both the adults and larvae are important predators of aphids.
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Twigs of Terebinth: The ethical origins of the hospital in the Judeo-Christian tradition
Magazine article from: Ethics & Medicine; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...death is defeated. Twig of Terebinth The Church Father Jerome rejoiced...transplanted a "twig from the terebinth of Abraham upon the Ausonian...familiar with the phrase "terebinth of Abraham," the ancient...examination. For it is beneath the terebinths of Mamre, where Abraham set...
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Pious plants
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Another case in point is the terebinth (Pistacia atlantica) or...was also through a valley of terebinths - the beautiful Emek HaElah...rebellious son, was trapped by a terebinth tree when his hair became...strength and strict justice, the terebinth was also a favorite site for...
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Deep into the forest
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...ground covered with shrubs, lentisk terebinth, wild almond, strawberry and bay trees...reserve, added several species of oak and terebinth trees to the natural foliage that had...If you have trouble telling oak and terebinth apart, think of the oak as a man and...
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Wine making's roots age in stained jar. (wine-making dated to 7,000 to 7,400 years ago)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...McGovern says. The yellowish resin of the terebinth tree was also present. These trees grow...according to McGovern. Tartaric acid and terebinth resin occur together in a large number...in the June 6 Nature. The addition of terebinth resin served in part to inhibit the growth...
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Bonfire Fans Uproot Centuries-Old Trees
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/11/2006; 325 words
; ...about criminals." The two terebinth trees, up to 60 feet high...90 miles west of Nicosia. Terebinths are among 30 species that...without permission. The oldest terebinth on Cyprus, 1,000 years...Thoukidides said. The other terebinth was found uprooted where it...
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Centuries-old trees uprooted to feed Cyprus Easter bonfire
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/11/2006; 303 words
; ...about criminals." The two terebinth trees, up to 20 meters...miles) west of Nicosia. Terebinths are among 30 species that...without permission. The oldest terebinth on Cyprus, 1,000 years...Thoukidides said. The other terebinth was found uprooted where it...
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Retelling Genesis.
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and forever. The field of Machpelah lies across from the terebinths of Mamre. When Abraham, then Abram, came up from Egypt...13:14-15) That was when Abram moved his tent to the terebinths of Mamre and built an altar; and this is where the Lord appears...
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Better forests after rocket attacks.(News from the world of Trees)
Magazine article from: American Forests; 6/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...Planting additional varieties of native species such as oaks (Quercus calliprinos, Q. ithaburensis, Q. boisseri), terebinths (Pistacia palaestina, P. atlantica, P. lentiscus), carob, redbud, almond, Syrian pear, and hawthorn * Planting...
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Expert to Speak on Sudan at Notre Dame on Thursday
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/21/2006; 392 words
; ...to report on the region's ethnic and religious minorities, and in the Balkans during the Bosnian war. He also is author of two novels, "In the Shade of the Terebinth" and "The Gospel of Joseph." http://www.usnewswire.com
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A draft of light.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Ploughshares; 12/22/2006; ; 682 words
; ...wrapped up in the old way--bottled light To quench any thirst for knowledge that walking through the dry Valley of grayish terebinths and still Lizards on chunks of fallen Hellenistic masonry Might intensify through the lengthening Afternoon. Bottled? Well...
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terebinth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
terebinth or turpentine tree, small deciduous tree ( Pistacia...medicine by the ancient Greeks. The yield of the terebinth is now called Chian, Scio, or Cyprian turpentine. The terebinth is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class...
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turpentine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
turpentine orig. resin of the terebinth tree, (now) any oleo-resin from a conifer. XIV. — OF. ter(e)bentine — L. ter(e)benthina , f. terebinthus TEREBINTH ; see -INE1 .
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Syria
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...the Ansariyah range are remnants of pine forests, while oak and scrub oak grow in the less well-watered central portion. Terebinth is indigenous to the low hill country of the steppes and wormwood grows on the plains. Some sections of the Jabal Ad-Duruz...
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Cashew family (Anacardiaceae)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...to manufacture a clear, high-grade varnish, which is sometimes used to coat metallic art and pictures, and in lithography. The terebinth tree ( Pistacia terebinthus ) was the original source of artists ’ turpentine, but
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oaks
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...times, and those on the plain of Sharon were comparable to the great forest of Lebanon (Isa. 35: 2). Some oaks were invested with a kind of sanctity (Gen. 12: 6, NRSV, NJB, which REB gives as ‘ terebinth ’).
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