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101veld — /velt, felt/, n. the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa. Also, veldt. [1795 1805; < Afrik < D: FIELD] * * * ▪ grasslands, Africa Introduction Afrikaans“field” name given …
102babassu palm — ▪ plant (Attalea martiana, A. oleifera, or A. speciosa), tall palm tree with feathery leaves that grows wild in tropical northeastern Brazil. The kernels of its hard shelled nuts are the source of babassu oil, similar in properties and uses to… …
103corpus — 1. SYN: body. 2. Any body or mass. 3. The main part of an organ or other anatomic structure, as distinguished from the head or tail. SEE ALSO: body, diaphysis, soma. [L …
104hydromyelocele — Protrusion of a portion of cord, thinned out into a sac distended with cerebrospinal fluid, through a spina bifida. [hydro + G. myelos, marrow, + kele, tumor, hernia] * * * hy·dro·my·elo·cele (hi″dro miґə lo sēl) hydr …
105layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …
106pocket — 1. A cul de sac or pouchlike cavity. 2. A diseased gingival attachment; a space between the inflamed gum and the surface of a tooth, limited apically by an epithelial attachment. 3. To enclose within a confined space, as the …
107Delia antiqua — D. antiqua larvae feeding on Allium porrum Scientific classification …
108Messiah Part I — The Annunciation to the Shepherds by Franz Xaver Merz, Windberg Abbey, 1755 Messiah (HWV 56), the English language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. This article covers Part I and describes the… …
109Neuburg Castle — is a ruined castle in Untervaz in the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1] Contents 1 History 2 Castle site 3 See a …
110Oerliker Park — Aerial view of Oerliker Park and its intervention zone …
