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  • 1down — down1 /down/, adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder. 2. on or to the ground, floor, or bottom: He fell down. 3. to or in a sitting or lying position. 4. to or …

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  • 2down — I. /daʊn / (say down) adverb 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; into or in a lower position or condition. 2. on or to the ground. 3. to a point of submission, inactivity, etc. 4. to or in a position spoken of as lower, as… …

  • 3Cotton thistle — Taxobox name = Cotton Thistle image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae subfamilia = Carduoideae tribus = Cynareae genus = Onopordum species = O. acanthium binomial …

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  • 4Milk thistle — This article is about the true milk thistles. For another plant that is sometimes referred to as a milk thistle, see Sow thistle (disambiguation). Milk thistle Silybum marianum Scientific classification …

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  • 5Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains — Infobox Book name = Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains title orig = translator = image caption = author = Laurel Snyder illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = series = subject = genre = Adventure publisher = Random House… …

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  • 6this·tle·down — /ˈθısəlˌdaʊn/ noun [noncount] : the light parts of thistle flowers that contain the seeds and that blow away in the wind …

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  • 8Levity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Levity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 levity levity Sgm: N 1 lightness lightness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imponderability imponderability buoyancy volatility GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 feather feather …

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  • 9White-winged Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = White winged Fairy wren image caption = ssp. leuconotus Coolmunda Dam, nr Inglewood, Qld status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50686|title=Malurus… …

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  • 10White-winged Fairywren — ssp. leuconotus Coolmunda Dam, nr Inglewood, Qld Conservation status …

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