The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... leaves also serve for covering their houses , and for writing on with an iron style . Most of the books which are shown in Europe for the Egyptian papyrus are made from the leaves of this palm . CORYPHÆNA , the Coryphene , in na- tural ...
... leaves also serve for covering their houses , and for writing on with an iron style . Most of the books which are shown in Europe for the Egyptian papyrus are made from the leaves of this palm . CORYPHÆNA , the Coryphene , in na- tural ...
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... leaves , and all . All plants do not drop their leaves at the same time . Among large trees , the ash and walnut , although latest in unfolding , are soonest divested of them ; the latter seldom carries its leaves above five months . On ...
... leaves , and all . All plants do not drop their leaves at the same time . Among large trees , the ash and walnut , although latest in unfolding , are soonest divested of them ; the latter seldom carries its leaves above five months . On ...
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... leaves , each of which is composed of a number of simple foliola , placed regularly on a com- mon petiole ; though , strictly speaking , there must be more than four foliola to make a digitated leaf . DIGNITARY , in the cannon law , a ...
... leaves , each of which is composed of a number of simple foliola , placed regularly on a com- mon petiole ; though , strictly speaking , there must be more than four foliola to make a digitated leaf . DIGNITARY , in the cannon law , a ...
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