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  • 71sweet gale — noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter tasting fragrant leaves • Syn: ↑Scotch gale, ↑Myrica gale • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Myrica, ↑genus Myrica …

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  • 72Arctic Circle — an imaginary line drawn parallel to the equator, at 23°28prime; S of the North Pole: between the North Frigid Zone and the North Temperate Zone. See diag. under zone. * * * Parallel of latitude approximately 66. 5° north of the Equator that… …

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  • 73orchid — /awr kid/, n. 1. any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Cf. orchid family. 2. the flower of any of these plants. 3. a bluish to reddish purple. [1835 45; < NL …

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  • 74Muhlenbergia andina — &#160; Muhlenbergia andina Clasificación científica Reino …

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  • 75sandpiper — /sand puy per/, n. any of numerous shore inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call. [1665 75; SAND + PIPER] * * * Any of numerous shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) found&#8230; …

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  • 76Continental climate — For the influence of continental climates on viticulture, see continental climate (wine). Continental climate is not found on southern hemisphere. Continental climate is a climate that is characterized by important annual variation in temperature …

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  • 77anemone — /euh nem euh nee /, n. 1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a&#8230; …

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  • 78barberry — /bahr ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. barberries. 1. a shrub of the genus Berberis, esp. B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters. Cf. barberry family. 2. the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub. [1350 1400; ME barbere < ML&#8230; …

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  • 79cinquefoil — /singk foyl /, n. 1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five petaled flowers, as P. reptans (creeping cinquefoil), of the Old World, or P. argentea (silvery cinquefoil), of&#8230; …

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  • 80grape — grapelike, adj. /grayp/, n. 1. the edible, pulpy, smooth skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made. 2. any vine bearing this fruit. 3. a dull, dark, purplish red color. 4. grapes, (used …

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