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(Encyclopedia) açaí açaí äˌsäēˈ [key], tree, Euterpe oleracea, of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and its fruit, grown chiefly in Pará state in the Amazon region of…date
(Encyclopedia) date, name for a palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and for its edible fruit. Probably native to Arabia and North Africa, it has from earliest times been a principal food in many desert and…Hyperion Bay
WBMonday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Mark Paul Gosselaar, Dylan Neal, Sydney Penny and Christina Moore Dennis Sweeney (Gosselaar) is no longer the outcast geek he was in high school. These days, he's…Brewer's: Bay
Supposed to be an antidote against lightning, because it was the tree of Apollo. Hence Tiberius and some other of the Roman emperors wore a wreath of bay as an amulet, especially in…Brewer's: Bayes
in the Rehearsal, by the Duke of Buckingham, was designed to satirise John Dryden, the poet laureate. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bayes's TroopsBayardo A…Michael Bay
Michael Bay is an American movie producer and director famous for the explosion-filled excitement of movies such as The Rock (1996) and Transformers (2007). A Los Angeles native, Michael Bay studied…carnauba
(Encyclopedia) carnaubacarnaubakärnôˈbə, –nouˈ– [key], wax obtained from the wax palm, or carnauba (Copernicia cerifera), of Brazil. It is secreted by the leaves, apparently in defense against the…Opobo
(Encyclopedia) OpoboOpoboōpōˈbō [key], town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta. It is a palm-oil collection center and has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group…The Devil's Dictionary: Palm
by Ambrose Bierce PALACEPALMISTRYPALM -n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itching palm" (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed and sedulously…Brewer's: Itching Palm
(An). A love of money. If the palm of your right hand itches, it betokens that you are going to receive money. So Melton tells us in his Astrologaster, p. 23. Let me tell you, Cassius, you…Trending
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