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111parrot — parrotlike, adj. parroty, adj. /par euht/, n. 1. any of numerous hook billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets. 2. a… …
112pittosporum — /pi tos peuhr euhm, pit euh spawr euhm, spohr /, n. any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Pittosporum, native to warm regions of the Old World, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage, flowers, or… …
113raven — raven1 ravenlike, adj. /ray veuhn/, n. 1. any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, esp. Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds. 2. the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast …
114wisteria — /wi stear ee euh/, n. any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue violet, white, purple, or rose flowers. Also, wistaria /wi stear ee euh, stair /. [ < NL Wistaria (1818), named …
115Brother Adam — ▪ 1997 (KARL KEHRLE), German born Benedictine monk and bee breeder (b. Aug. 3, 1898, Mittlebiberach, Ger. d. Sept. 1, 1996, Buckfast, South Devon, Eng.), was regarded as an authority on bees for his revolutionary work, most notably the… …
116American arborvitae — ▪ plant also called eastern arborvitae , or northern white cedar ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to eastern North America. In the lumber trade it is called, among other names, white cedar,… …
117American yew — ▪ Taxus canadensis also called Canada yew, dwarf yew, ground hemlock, or creeping hemlock (Taxus canadensis), a prostrate, straggling evergreen shrub of the family Taxaceae, found in northeastern North America. American yew also is a… …
118atheriniform — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the order Atheriniformes, containing 15 families of marine and freshwater spiny finned fishes (spiny finned fish), including the flying fishes (flying fish) (see ), needlefishes (needlefish), silversides,… …
119Japanese torreya — ▪ plant also called nut bearing torreya , or Kaya (Torreya nucifera) an ornamental evergreen timber tree of the yew family (Taxaceae), native to the southern islands of Japan. Although it is the hardiest species of its genus and may be 10 to… …
120Lamiales — ▪ plant order Introduction mint order of flowering plants, including 23 families and more than 23,000 species. The main families in the order are Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Orobanachaceae, Acanthaceae,… …
