The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... genus of the Te- trandria Monagynia class and order of plants . There is but a single species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Monodel- phia class , and the natural order of ...
... genus of the Te- trandria Monagynia class and order of plants . There is but a single species , which is a Mexican plant . ACALYPHA , in botany , a genus of plants belonging to the Monoecia Monodel- phia class , and the natural order of ...
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... genus of insects be- longing to the order of Aptera , in the Lin- næan system . Gmelin , in the last edition of Linnæus's system , has eighty - two species ; of which , some are inhabitants of the earth , others of water ; some live on ...
... genus of insects be- longing to the order of Aptera , in the Lin- næan system . Gmelin , in the last edition of Linnæus's system , has eighty - two species ; of which , some are inhabitants of the earth , others of water ; some live on ...
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... genus of the Monoecia order and Polygamia class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Trihilata . There are 25 species . See MAPLE . ACETATES , in chemistry , a genus of salts formed by the acetic acid . They may be ...
... genus of the Monoecia order and Polygamia class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Trihilata . There are 25 species . See MAPLE . ACETATES , in chemistry , a genus of salts formed by the acetic acid . They may be ...
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... genus of salts formed by of roads , flowering from June to September : the acetous acid . ACETOUS acid . See ACETIC ACID . ACHANIA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Polyandria class , and the natu- ral order of Columniferæ ...
... genus of salts formed by of roads , flowering from June to September : the acetous acid . ACETOUS acid . See ACETIC ACID . ACHANIA , in botany , a genus of the Monadelphia Polyandria class , and the natu- ral order of Columniferæ ...
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... genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus ...
... genus of the Pentandria Monogynia class of plants , belonging to the natural order of Miscella- neæ . There are eleven species , but they have but little beauty , and are only preserved in botanic gardens . ACHYRONIA , in botany , a genus ...
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