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gentian
gentian , common name for some members of the Gentianaceae, a family of widely distributed herbs, chiefly perennial and fall blooming. There are many types of gentians (genus Gentiana and similar species of other genera), most of which have blue flowers. Gentians flourish in north-temperate and... Read more |
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bitters
bitters various alcoholic beverages containing bitter principles, such as angostura bark, cascarilla, quassia, gentian, orange, quinine, and other flavoring agents, and prepared by infusion or distillation. They are used as appetizers, digestives, and flavoring for mixed drinks and frequently... Read more |
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Marlborough
Marlborough, Australia, Guyana, New Zealand, UK, USA 1. New Zealand (South Island): a unitary authority named after John Churchill (1650–1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough and a successful military commander at the highest level.2. UK (England): formerly Merleberge, possibly ‘Mrla's... Read more |
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alpine plants
alpine plants high-altitude representatives of various flowering plants (chiefly perennials) that because of their dwarf habit, profuse blooming, and the preference of many for shady places are cultivated in alpine and rock gardens . Some species require specially constructed gardens duplicating... Read more |
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Prairie dogs
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Palouse prairie
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prairie schooner
prairie schooner wagon covered with white canvas, made famous by its almost universal use in the migration across the Western prairies and plains, and so called in allusion to the white-topped schooners of the sea. It was a descendant of the Conestoga wagon . Whereas the latter usually required a... Read more |
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prairies
prairies generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. The prairie belt also extends into N Missouri, S Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, E North and South Dakota, and S Canada.... Read more |
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prairie dog
prairie dog short-tailed, ground-living rodent, genus Cynomys, of the squirrel family, closely related to the ground squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots. There are several species, found in the W United States and N Mexico. Prairie dogs, named for their barking cries, are 12 to 15 in. (30 to 36... Read more |
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Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie , city (1991 pop. 13,186), S Man., Canada. It is the center of a mixed-farming region and has diversified industries. The city is near the site of Fort La Reine, an important fur-trading post built (1738) by Vérendrye as a carrying point between the Assiniboine River and... Read more |
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Downy gentian: light up your fall garden with these bright wildflowers. (The...
...winter will soon be here, gentians appear as if to say, "No...clear blue-violet. Downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta...pollen. On the American prairies, members of the Dakota and Winnebago tribes took a gentian root tea as a tonic, while...ARTICLE: win ... |
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Consider the prairie. (wildflower photography)
...found in moist northern prairies in midspring. At about the...orchid appears in moist sandy prairies. The rarer white, orange...are occasionally found in prairies, although woodlands and...tresses blooms in the spring prairie but most bloom in the ... |
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Poaching prairie plants nothing to sneeze at Medicinals like echinacea...
...used in fighting colds, and some prairie seeds can sell for up to $50 an...varieties coveted by poachers, and prairie orchids and trillium among ornamentals. Ullberg said the orchids, prairie gentians and Michigan lilies "are the ones... |
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Sienna Pointe offers prairie view.(Home Styles)
...Sands/Main Street Prairie Moreland saw several...grow in dry gravel prairies. "We also saw...and the deep blue Prairie Gentian in bloom, which...of all five Cary prairie sites. The native Illinois prairies have much to ... |
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Fresh in off the prairie, it's lisianthus.
Prairie gentian, also called tulip gentian or Texas bluebell 7Eustoma grandiflorum), broke upon the...statements about how long the plants will live. In their native prairies (in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), they sprout in early... |
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Bringing the prairie back home
...almost all of the prairie. Prairies are not all grasses...grasses mixed with prairie and yellow gentians and purple prairie...reasonable facsimile of a prairie here. I am not so...most associated with ... |
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Growing your own prairie one grass blade at a time
...almost all of the prairie. Prairies are not all grasses...grasses mixed with prairie and yellow gentians and purple prairie...reasonable facsimile of a prairie here. I am not so...most associated with ... |
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The right grasses and plants can give prairie look to N.E.
...almost all of the prairie. Prairies are not all grasses...grasses mixed with prairie and yellow gentians and purple prairie...reasonable facsimile of a prairie here. I am not so...most associated with ... |
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Use a diverse menu of grasses to create a prairie property
...almost all of the prairie. Prairies are not all grasses...grasses mixed with prairie and yellow gentians and purple prairie...reasonable facsimile of a prairie here. I am not so...most associated with ... |
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Prairie plants, birds revive Orland Grassland
...paying off with the emergence of native prairie plants such as the prairie coreopsis, scruffy pea and downy gentian and an increase in the number of grassland...the preserve will have 670 acres of prairie, 70 acres of shrubland, seven acres... |
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