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1Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz — Crown College Motto Fiat Lux Established 1967 Type Residential college …
2Crown lands of France — The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or (in French) domaine royal (from demesne) of France refers to the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by the kings of France.[1] While the term eventually came to refer to a territorial unit,… …
3Crown Court — 1) South out of Cheapside at No. 64, next to Sir John Bennett s (P.O Directory). In Cheap Ward. First mention: O. and M. 1677. Probably named after the house called the Crown occupied by a Mercer, temp. H. VIII. See Crowned Seld.… …
4Crown corporations of Canada — Canadian Crown corporations are enterprises owned by the federal government of Canada (the Queen in Right of Canada[1]), one of Canada s provincial governments (the Queen in right of a province) or one of the territorial governments. Crown… …
5crown gall — noun a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground (Freq. 7) • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease • Hyponyms: ↑hairy root * * * noun 1. : a disease of various… …
6Crown Peak — Location of Trinity Peninsula. Crown Peak (63°34′S 58°33′W …
7crown gall — Plant Pathol. 1. a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. 2. the gall itself. [1895 1900]… …
8crown rust — noun Etymology: so called from the crown of blunt teeth surmounting the terminal cells of the teliospores of the causal fungus : a leaf rust of oats and other grasses characterized by rounded light orange uredinia and buried telia * * * Plant… …
9Formation of the Napoleonic Empire — Between 1795 and 1799, the constitution governing France dictated there be an executive arm of government – the Directoire , composed of five Directors. One of these five, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, approached General Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799,… …
10crown rust — Plant Pathol. a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata. [1895 1900] * * * …
