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(Encyclopedia) kingfish, common name for several fishes, among them certain membeers of the croaker and pompano families.flag, in botany
(Encyclopedia) flag, common name for several plants belonging to the families Iridaceae and Araceae. See iris; arum.haw
(Encyclopedia) haw, common name for several plants, e.g., the hawthorn and the black haw (see honeysuckle).butterwort
(Encyclopedia) butterwort, common name for several species of the plant genus Pinguicula of the north temperate zone and the mountains of tropical America. It is a member of the family…Patroon painters
(Encyclopedia) Patroon painters, group of portraitists active in colonial New York from 1715 to 1730. Their work embodied the first clearly American style. The Patroon painters served the Dutch…copper sulfate
(Encyclopedia) copper sulfate, common name for the blue crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate, in which copper has valence +2. It may also refer to cuprous sulfate (Cu2SO4), in which copper has…coffee tree, Kentucky
(Encyclopedia) coffee tree, Kentucky, common name for the plant species Gymnocladus dioica, a tree of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and native to the E United States. The seeds of the woody…Bunsen burner
(Encyclopedia) Bunsen burner, gas burner, commonly used in scientific laboratories, consisting essentially of a hollow tube which is fitted vertically around the flame and which has an opening at the…scallop
(Encyclopedia) scallop or pecten, marine bivalve mollusk. Like its close relative the oyster, the scallop has no siphons, the mantle being completely open, but it differs from other mollusks in that…parvovirus
(Encyclopedia) parvovirusparvoviruspärˌvōvīˈrəs [key], any of several small DNA viruses that cause several diseases in animals, including humans. In humans, parvoviruses cause fifth disease, or…Trending
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