American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... stem and branches , by maceration in water ; it is washed , passed through a perforated copper plate , so as to reduce it to grains , which are dried . Salop is the produce of the orchis mascula . The lately introduced arrow - root ...
... stem and branches , by maceration in water ; it is washed , passed through a perforated copper plate , so as to reduce it to grains , which are dried . Salop is the produce of the orchis mascula . The lately introduced arrow - root ...
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... stems . The leaves are generally alternate , in some opposite , others round or flat ; flowers terminat- ing or axillary . S. kali grows naturally in the salt marshes in divers parts of Eng- land . It is an annual plant , which rises ...
... stems . The leaves are generally alternate , in some opposite , others round or flat ; flowers terminat- ing or axillary . S. kali grows naturally in the salt marshes in divers parts of Eng- land . It is an annual plant , which rises ...
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... stems and branches , which , like the vine , attach themselves to the bodies in their neigh- bourhood , for the purpose of support . SAROTHRA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Trigynia class and order . Na- tural order of Rotacex ...
... stems and branches , which , like the vine , attach themselves to the bodies in their neigh- bourhood , for the purpose of support . SAROTHRA , in botany , a genus of the Pentandria Trigynia class and order . Na- tural order of Rotacex ...
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... stem branched , producing poly- pes , from cup - shaped denticles or minute cells . Nearly fourscore species have been enumerated . These are divided into two classes : A. stem horny , tubular , fixed by the base , beset with cup ...
... stem branched , producing poly- pes , from cup - shaped denticles or minute cells . Nearly fourscore species have been enumerated . These are divided into two classes : A. stem horny , tubular , fixed by the base , beset with cup ...
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... stem , and stern - post , throughout the whole length of the ship . Secondly . The half - breadth plan , call- ed by architects the ground - plan . This plan consists of an horizontal view of the half - breadths of the water - lines ...
... stem , and stern - post , throughout the whole length of the ship . Secondly . The half - breadth plan , call- ed by architects the ground - plan . This plan consists of an horizontal view of the half - breadths of the water - lines ...
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