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Metasequoia
Metasequoia (family Taxodiaceae) A monotypic genus, M. glyptostroboides (dawn redwood), which is a deciduous conifer known (since 1941) as Pliocene fossils from America and in 1948 discovered living in central China. It is planted as an ornamental, is fast-growing in wet sites, and strikes easily... Read more |
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Snail darter
snail darter a small, rare fish, Percina tanasi, discovered by a zoologist who was snorkeling in the Little Tennessee River upstream from the projected Tellico Dam. Dam opponents fought successfully to include the darter on the Endangered Species List in 1975 (see endangered species ), and the... Read more |
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Liquid crystals
Liquid Crystals In 1888 the Austrian botanist and chemist Friedrich Reinitzer, interested in the chemical function of cholesterol in plants, noticed that the cholesterol derivative cholesteryl benzoate had two distinct melting points. At 145.5°C (293.9°F) the solid... Read more |
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binomial classification
binomial classification (binominal classification) The systematic description of species by means of 2 names, both in Latin. The first name, with an initial capital letter, is that of the genus into which the species is placed, the second that of the species itself. (For example, the name Betula... Read more |
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Samuel Heinrich Schwabe
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe , 1789-1875, German apothecary and amateur astronomer. In the hope of discovering a new planet between Mercury and the sun, he made daily observations and tallies of sunspots. In 1843, after 17 years of sunspot counts, he noted a periodicity of 10 or 11 years in their totals.... Read more |
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Tyumen
Tyumen , city (1989 pop. 477,000), capital of Tyumen region, SW Siberian Russia, on the Tura River. On the Trans-Siberian RR, Tyumen is a major transfer point for river and rail freight. It has shipyards and machine plants. The surrounding area is rich in petroleum and natural gas. Tyumen was... Read more |
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Tobago
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago An island so named by Christopher Columbus† when he discovered it in 1498. Columbus was impressed by the natives' practice of stuffing the leaves of the tobacco plant in pipes and setting fire to them in the belief that this had medicinal value. The name either... Read more |
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Photoperiodism
Photoperiodism The term "photoperiodism" was coined to describe a plant's ability to flower in response to changes in the photoperiod: the relative lengths of day and night. Because flowers produce seeds, flowering is crucially important for the plant to complete its life... Read more |
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Diadochus
Diadochus According to Marbodaeus (1035-1123), this gem resembled the beryl in its properties and was most valuable in divination. It served for the invocation of spirits, and oracular responses could be discovered in it. Albertus Magnus called it "diacodos," and it is possibly to this stone... Read more |
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Plant Delights Nursery Announces the Introduction of a New Toad Lily Species,...
...2011 Plant Delights Nursery...specializing in rare and unusual...ravenii was discovered in the high...located the plant and took...forms. The plants were subsequently...content Plant ... |
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Plant Delights Nursery Announces Its New Catalog and New Plants.
...About Plant Delights Nursery Plant Delights Nursery...order/ internet plant nursery and botanical...business since 1988. Plant Delights holds...Nursery sells rare and unusual ... |
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Plant Delights Nursery Announces the Introduction of Two New Butterfly Bush...
...12, 2011 Plant Delights Nursery (http...specializing in rare and unusual perennials...Haze'. These two plants expand the palette...green leaves on a plant that only grows...garden. These dwarf plants may be used as ... |
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Plant Delights Nursery Announces its Winter Open House.
...2011 Plant Delights Nursery, an...specializing in rare and unusual...the world. Plant Delights Nursery...season for many plants such as Helleborus...1500 types of plants will be available...date. About ... |
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FROM BEAKERS TO BREAKERS UW UNDERGRADS DELIGHT IN RARE MARINE RESEARCH...
...calls out as she places each plant variety in a separate Zip-Loc bag. This is a rare scene in the San Juans. Not...college in 1963, he spent a rare summer at Friday Harbor dissecting...Willows opened it up and discovered the largest brain cells in... |
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Plant Delights Nursery Wins Perennial Plant Association Retail Award.
...01, 2011 Plant Delights Nursery (http...specializing in rare and unusual perennials...Delights Nursery Plant Delights Nursery...internet-based plant nursery that has...summer, and fall. ... |
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Growth of rare cypress delights tree specialists [Edition 3]
...is considered just as rare and miraculous. Standing...advice to the Centre for Plant Conservation in Hanoi...world's most recently discovered conifer genus. Basing...pandas, they are just as rare except they don't...now 18 healthy little ... |
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RARE ORCHID PATCH IN LANCASTER DELIGHTS WILLIAM AND MARY TEAM.(LOCAL)
...PRESS LANCASTER -- A rare orchid is living in...student named Troy Weldy discovered the 120 Kentucky ladyslippers...known colonies of the plant, 70 percent of them...Deer also threaten the plants' distinctive flowers...range is a mystery. The ... |
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Garage find may hold key to cures.(News)
...Kings Heath, Birmingham, discovered a rare wooden chest containing samples...year-old civil servant, discovered the box of delights while clearing out his mother...gives us an insight into how plants can help us find cures. ' |
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Floral Meets Fashion as Macy's Welcomes Spring with Annual Flower Shows,...
...varieties of flowers, plants and trees across the five...varieties of flowering plants and trees from six continents...world's oldest and most rare plants discovered in Australia in 1994...customers with dazzling floral ... |
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