The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... native of Jamaica . Duguetia quitarensis , a native of Cuba and Guiana , which possesses in a high degree the qualities of toughness and elasticity , and is on this account extremely well adapted for the shafts of light carriages , and ...
... native of Jamaica . Duguetia quitarensis , a native of Cuba and Guiana , which possesses in a high degree the qualities of toughness and elasticity , and is on this account extremely well adapted for the shafts of light carriages , and ...
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... native of Italy , Switzerland , and South Germany , is one of our most fre- quently cultivated trees , and is remarkable for the elegance of its conical growth , and the durability of its wood , which is used for a variety of purposes ...
... native of Italy , Switzerland , and South Germany , is one of our most fre- quently cultivated trees , and is remarkable for the elegance of its conical growth , and the durability of its wood , which is used for a variety of purposes ...
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... native of mountainous districts of Europe , in dry and stony places . The root is filled with a gum - resin , which is acrid and bitter , and said to be a violent purgative . L. siler is a native of the mountains of the middle and south ...
... native of mountainous districts of Europe , in dry and stony places . The root is filled with a gum - resin , which is acrid and bitter , and said to be a violent purgative . L. siler is a native of the mountains of the middle and south ...
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... native of the north of Africa Sweet - bay ( Laurus nobilis ) . and south of 22 poisonous , the poisonous principle contained in it being prussic acid . Laurencia ( la - ren'si - a ) , n . A genus of alge , having a solid cartilaginous ...
... native of the north of Africa Sweet - bay ( Laurus nobilis ) . and south of 22 poisonous , the poisonous principle contained in it being prussic acid . Laurencia ( la - ren'si - a ) , n . A genus of alge , having a solid cartilaginous ...
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... native of Arabia , Persia , Syria , and the south of Europe . It belongs to the nat . order Anacardiacea . The wood is of a pale brown , and resinous and fragrant . See MAS- TICH . Lentitude + ( len'ti - tūd ) , n . [ L. lentus , slow ...
... native of Arabia , Persia , Syria , and the south of Europe . It belongs to the nat . order Anacardiacea . The wood is of a pale brown , and resinous and fragrant . See MAS- TICH . Lentitude + ( len'ti - tūd ) , n . [ L. lentus , slow ...
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