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Don Cherry
Don Cherry Trumpeter Education Beyond School Forged Free Jazz With Coleman In Search of World Music Selected discography Sources By the late 1980s, through the efforts of pop stars like Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, and David Byrne, the musical expressions of peoples as far-flung as South... Read more |
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curculio
curculio , name applied to various weevils (members of the snout beetle family, or Curculionidae), especially those that attack fruit. The term is sometimes limited to the acorn and nut weevils of the genus Curculio, characterized by extremely long beaks adapted for boring. The females, whose... Read more |
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cherry
cherry name for several species of trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus (a few are sometimes classed as Padus ) of the family Rosaceae ( rose family) and for their fruits. The small, round red to black fruits are botanically designated drupes, or stone fruits, as are those of the closely related... Read more |
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Giresun
Giresun , city (1990 pop. 67,536), capital of Giresun prov., NE Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. It is the trade center for a farm region in which corn, filberts, beans, and potatoes are produced. Known as Cerasus, the city was famous in ancient times for its cherry trees. From there the Roman... Read more |
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acerola
acerola or barbados cherry, the edible fruit of Malpighia glabra, of the genera Bunchiosa and Malpighia of the family Malpighiaceae. The fleshy red stone fruits, about the size of a cherry, contain very high amounts of vitamin C and are eaten fresh, used to make jams and jellies, and are... Read more |
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Alexander Montgomerie
Alexander Montgomerie , c.1556-c.1610, Scottish poet. His principal poem, The Cherry and the Sloe (1597), is a pedestrian and ambiguous allegory that enjoyed considerable popularity in its time. Montgomerie's other work includes a verse polemic against Home of Polwarth, 70 sonnets, and... Read more |
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Brevity
82. Brevity Adonis’ garden of short life. [Br. Lit.: I Henry IV ] bubbles symbolic of transitoriness of life. [Art: Hall, 54] cherry fair cherry orchards where fruit was briefly sold; symbolic of transience. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 217] Gettysburg Address terse but... Read more |
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Decadence
161. Decadence Buddenbrooks portrays the downfall of a materialistic society. [Ger. Lit.: Buddenbrooks ] cherry orchard focal point of the declining Ranevsky estate. [Russ. Drama: Chekhov The Cherry Orchard in Magill II, 144] Diver, Dick dissatisfied psychiatrist goes downhill on alcohol.... Read more |
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Seedless Vascular Plants
Seedless Vascular Plants When one walks through a contemporary forest, all of the surrounding trees are vascular plants. Wood, which is made up primarily of xylem, and bark, which contains phloem, are the major structural elements of the trunks and stems. These trees... Read more |
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Prunus
Prunus (plums, cherries; family Rosaceae) A genus of trees and shrubs whose flowers have 5 free petals, 5 sepals, about 20 stamens, and a single carpel which sits in a cup formed by the calyx tube but is free from it. The fruit is a 1-seeded drupe with a stony inner wall and a fleshy outer one. Many... Read more |
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Fruitcake recipes to write home about.
...soak a few cakes in whiskey...makes a cake with international...that includes Brazil nuts and English...coffee. Some cakes take several...milk (not sweetened condensed milk...chopped, seeded dates } cup ... |
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Fruitcake recipes to write home about.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
...soak a few cakes in whiskey...makes a cake with international...that includes Brazil nuts and English...coffee. Some cakes take several...milk (not sweetened condensed milk...chopped, seeded dates } cup ... |
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Lifestyles: Putting weight on is easy..... taking it off is another matter...
...grains and nuts. You should...blue- berries Cherries, Dates and figs (fresh...potato, Squash NUTS AND SEEDS - Almonds, Brazil nuts, Chestnuts...Full-fat sweetened yoghurt NUTS...Pastries, ... |
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'TIS THE SEASON FOR FRUITCAKES FAVORITES.(Food)(Recipe)
...loaded with nuts and other fruits...Bake the cakes in mini- or...year I put the cakes in the oven...with raisins, dates, dried apricots...variations made with sweetened condensed milk...almonds or Brazil ... |
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Not all pounds are created equal.(The Seattle Times)
...pound of pine nuts. And all sugars...3 { cups _Cake (sifted...equals 1 cup) Nuts _Almonds...cups meat _Brazil (shelled), 3 cups meat _Brazil (unshelled...2 cups _Cherries (unpitted...Coconut (sweetened, ... |