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  • 71angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …

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  • 72er-3 : or- : r- —     er 3 : or : r     English meaning: to move *stir, animate, fight, struggle, rise; to spring up, be born     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich in Bewegung setzen, erregen (also seelisch, ärgern, stir, tease, irritate); in die Höhe bringen (Erhebung …

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  • 73List of plants of the Edge Chronicles — This article lists the vast array of fictional plantlife found in the Edge Chronicles, a series of young adult books set in a fantasy world created by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. For information on the books themselves, please see the Edge… …

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  • 74(s)p(h)ereg-, (s)p(h)erǝg-, (s)p(h)rēg- (nasal. spreng-) —     (s)p(h)ereg , (s)p(h)erǝg , (s)p(h)rēg (nasal. spreng )     English meaning: to rush, hurry; to scatter, sprinkle     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zucken, schnellen” and ‘streuen, sprinkle, spritzen”     Note: g extension to sp(h)er     Material: A …

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  • 75Christmas tree pests and weeds — An entomologist checks Scots Pine for pine shoot beetles at a Christmas tree farm near East Lansing, Michigan. Pine and fir trees, grown purposely for use as Christmas trees, are vulnerable to a wide variety of pests, weeds and diseases. Many of… …

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  • 76sprig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. branch, shoot, spray. See vegetable, part. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. twig, slip, shoot; see branch 2 , stalk . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. twig, spray, nosegay, stem, slip, sprout. IV (Roget s …

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  • 77branch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. member, arm, bough, limb, ramification; shoot, offshoot; part.See ancestry. v. i. fork, divide, bifurcate; radiate, diverge. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A part, usually of secondary… …

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  • 78sprig — c.1400, shoot, twig or spray of a plant, shrub, probably from O.E. spræc shoot, twig, of obscure origin …

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  • 79gengh- —     gengh     English meaning: to wind; to weave     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden, flechten, weben”     Note: only Gmc. and Slav.     Material: O.N. kinga “ pectoral, chest decoration, brooch, pin, clasp “, probably to kengr (*kangiz) m …

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  • 80Tree of Jesse — The oldest complete Jesse Tree window is in Chartres Cathedral, 1145. The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the Ancestors of Christ, shown in a tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David; the original use of the… …

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