The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... drupes angular . There is but one species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult ... drupe one - seeded . There is but one species , viz . N. schoberi . Thick - leaved Nitraria . ยท NITRATES , in ...
... drupes angular . There is but one species , viz . N. fruticans , the young palm , is without the trunk ; but in the adult ... drupe one - seeded . There is but one species , viz . N. schoberi . Thick - leaved Nitraria . ยท NITRATES , in ...
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... drupe one- seeded . There are seven species , of which the O. longifolia , long - leaved European olive , is chiefly cultivated in the south of France , from which they make the best oil , O. latifolia , broad - leaved European olive ...
... drupe one- seeded . There are seven species , of which the O. longifolia , long - leaved European olive , is chiefly cultivated in the south of France , from which they make the best oil , O. latifolia , broad - leaved European olive ...
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... drupe one celled . There are two species , viz . O. alba , poet's casia , and O. japonica . OTHERA , in botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and order . Na- tural order of Berberides , Jussieu . Essen- tial character ...
... drupe one celled . There are two species , viz . O. alba , poet's casia , and O. japonica . OTHERA , in botany , a genus of the Tetrandria Monogynia class and order . Na- tural order of Berberides , Jussieu . Essen- tial character ...
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... drupe is sometimes eaten by the natives in times of scarcity and famine ; also the tender white base of the leaves , either raw or boiled . PANDECTS , in the civil law , collec- tions made by Justinian's order , of five hundred and ...
... drupe is sometimes eaten by the natives in times of scarcity and famine ; also the tender white base of the leaves , either raw or boiled . PANDECTS , in the civil law , collec- tions made by Justinian's order , of five hundred and ...
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... drupe one - seeded . This genus consists of subvimineous shrubs ; leaves commonly al- ternate , without stipules ; corolla smooth within anthers linear , finally bent back ; style permanent , smooth ; drupe eatable in most ; flowers ...
... drupe one - seeded . This genus consists of subvimineous shrubs ; leaves commonly al- ternate , without stipules ; corolla smooth within anthers linear , finally bent back ; style permanent , smooth ; drupe eatable in most ; flowers ...
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