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21Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
22Eliza Tibbets — Eliza Tibbets, along with her husband Luther C. Tibbets, is best known as the founder of the California citrus industry. [ California State Parks, California Citrus State Historical Park. (Sacramento: 2002); U.S. Congress. House, Congressman… …
23Kumquat — Malayan Kumquat foliage and fruit Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
24Etrog — is the Hebrew name for the citron or Citrus medica . This is the standard romanization of the original lettering אֶתְרוֹג, which is according to the Sephardic pronunciation. Some follow the Ashkenazi version calling it esrog or esrig , by others… …
25Calamondin — ×Citrofortunella microcarpa Calamondin fruit and leaves Scientific classification Kingdom …
26Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
27Citron — For other uses, see Citron (disambiguation). Citron Citrus medica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
28horticulture — horticultural, adj. horticulturist, n. /hawr ti kul cheuhr/, n. 1. the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants. 2. the science and art of cultivating such plants. [1670… …
29grapefruit — /grayp frooht /, n. 1. a large, roundish, yellow skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp. 2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit. [1805 15; GRAPE + FRUIT, appar. from the resemblance of its… …
30Muslim Agricultural Revolution — The Islamic Golden Age from the 8th century to the 13th century witnessed a fundamental transformation in agriculture known as the Arab Agricultural Revolution, Medieval Green Revolution, [A. M. Watson (1981), A Medieval Green Revolution: New… …
