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  • 51Quince curculio — Quince Quince (kw[i^]ns), n. [Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. ? Cydonian, ? ? a quince, fr. ? Cydonia, a city in Crete, ? the Cydonians. Cf. {Quiddany}.] 1. The… …

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  • 52Quince tree — Quince Quince (kw[i^]ns), n. [Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. ? Cydonian, ? ? a quince, fr. ? Cydonia, a city in Crete, ? the Cydonians. Cf. {Quiddany}.] 1. The… …

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  • 53Rosaceous — Ro*sa ceous, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ({Rosace[ae]}) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn,… …

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  • 54Vegetable — Veg e*ta*ble, n. 1. (Biol.) A plant. See {Plant}. [1913 Webster] 2. A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for… …

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  • 55codling moth — noun Date: 1747 a small tortricid moth (Cydia pomonella) having larvae that live in apples, pears, quinces, and English walnuts …

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  • 56Max and Moritz — For the rockets launched in 1934 by Wernher von Braun, see Aggregate series (A2). Max and Moritz. Max and Moritz (A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks) (original: Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen) is a German language illustrated …

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  • 57Rosaceae — Taxobox name = Rosaceae fossil range = fossil range|110Cretaceous Recent image width = 200px image caption = Flower of Crataegus oxycantha regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae familia… …

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  • 58Uruguay — For other uses, see Uruguay (disambiguation). Oriental Republic of Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay …

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  • 59Runcorn — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption=Runcorn Silver Jubilee Bridge official name = Runcorn latitude = 53.328 longitude = 2.712 population = 61,252 population density = unitary england = Halton region = North West England …

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  • 60King cake — A king cake (sometimes rendered as kingcake or kings cake) is a type of cake associated with the festival of Epiphany in the Christmas season in a number of countries, and in other places with Mardi Gras and Carnival. It is popular in Christmas… …

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