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31Southernwood — Taxobox name = Southernwood regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Artemisia species = A. abrotanum binomial = Artemisia abrotanum binomial authority = L.Southernwood (… …
32Galbanum — is an aromatic gum resin, the product of certain Persian plant species, chiefly Ferula gummosa , syn. galbaniflua and Ferula rubricaulis . Galbanum yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs… …
33Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… …
34History of perfume — The history of perfume began in antiquity. The word perfume used today to describe scented mixtures, derives from the Latin per fumus , meaning through smoke . Perfumery, or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Egypt but was developed and …
35Air pollution — from World War II production Smog over …
36cypress — cypress1 /suy preuhs/, n. 1. any of several evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus Cupressus, having dark green, scalelike, overlapping leaves. 2. any of various other coniferous trees of allied genera, as the bald cypress. 3. any of… …
37Cypress — /suy preuhs/, n. a city in SW California. 40,391. * * * Any of about 20 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, which includes more than 130 species found throughout the… …
38dammar — /dam ahr, euhr, deuh mahr /, n. 1. Also called gum dammar. a copallike resin derived largely from dipterocarpaceous trees of southern Asia, esp. Malaya and Sumatra, and used chiefly for making colorless varnish. 2. any of various similar resins… …
39isoprenoid — /uy seuh pree noyd/, adj. Chem. pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene. [1955 60; ISOPRENE + OID] * * * or terpene Class of organic compounds made up of two or more structural units derived from isoprene. Isoprene is a five carbon… …
40floral decoration — Art of arranging living or dried plant material for adornment of the body or home, for public and religious ceremonies, or for festivals. Line, form, colour, texture, balance, porportion, and scale are important aspects of floral arrangement, as… …
