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... species of fir ( Abies religiosa ) is the Red Cedar of California ( see FIR ) . A species of Cypress ( q.v. ) is known as White Cedar , and another as the Cedar of Goa . Several of the trees which bear the name cedar are species of ...
... species of fir ( Abies religiosa ) is the Red Cedar of California ( see FIR ) . A species of Cypress ( q.v. ) is known as White Cedar , and another as the Cedar of Goa . Several of the trees which bear the name cedar are species of ...
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... species , all herba- ceous annual and perennial , of which five or six are natives of Britain . The species most familiar , on account of its beauty , is the blue C. cyanus ( see CORN - FLOWER ) , which is sometimes sown as an annual ...
... species , all herba- ceous annual and perennial , of which five or six are natives of Britain . The species most familiar , on account of its beauty , is the blue C. cyanus ( see CORN - FLOWER ) , which is sometimes sown as an annual ...
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... species - L . forficatus ( of a reddish - brown colour , and about an inch long ) is very common throughout Europe and America ; our most familiar British species , L. mutabilis , also very common , has the habit of feigning death . The ...
... species - L . forficatus ( of a reddish - brown colour , and about an inch long ) is very common throughout Europe and America ; our most familiar British species , L. mutabilis , also very common , has the habit of feigning death . The ...
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... species , Cerastes ægyptiacus or cornutus , the Horned Viper of the north of Africa , called Cerastes by the ancients , the name being derived from the Greek keras , a horn . ' It was correctly described by the traveller Bruce , but his ...
... species , Cerastes ægyptiacus or cornutus , the Horned Viper of the north of Africa , called Cerastes by the ancients , the name being derived from the Greek keras , a horn . ' It was correctly described by the traveller Bruce , but his ...
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... species of water - lilies might thus be added to the list . The cereals proper do not belong to any particular tribe of the great order of grasses , but the employ- ment of particular species as bread - plants seems to have been ...
... species of water - lilies might thus be added to the list . The cereals proper do not belong to any particular tribe of the great order of grasses , but the employ- ment of particular species as bread - plants seems to have been ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1871 |
Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
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