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coneflower

(Encyclopedia) coneflower, name for several American wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The purple coneflowers (genus Echinacea), found E of the Rockies, have purple to pinkish…

Nederland

(Encyclopedia) NederlandNederlandnēˈdərlənd [key], city (1990 pop. 16,192), Jefferson co., SE Tex.; founded by Dutch settlers as a rice-farming community in 1897, inc. 1940. Primarily a residential…

Woodland

(Encyclopedia) Woodland, city (1990 pop. 39,802), seat of Yolo co., N central Calif., in a fertile farm area yielding tomatoes, wheat, rice, beans, vegetables, walnuts, almonds, melons, safflower,…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

Rice, Charles Moen

(Encyclopedia) Rice, Charles Moen, 1952–, American virologist, b. Sacramento, Calif., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1981. Rice was a researcher at the Washington Univ. School of Medicine…

Cale Young Rice: The Chant of the Colorado

The Chant of the Colorado(At the Grand Canyon)Cale Young RiceMy brother, man, shapes him a plan And builds him a house in a day, But I have toiled through a million years For a home to last…

Cale Young Rice: Old Age

Old AgeCale Young RiceI have heard the wild geese, I have seen the leaves fall, There was frost last night On the garden wall. It is gone to-day And I hear the wind call. The wind? … That is…

Rice County, MN Census Data

Minnesota Rice County, Minnesota People QuickFactsRice CountyMinnesotaPopulation, 2005 estimate 60,9495,132,799Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 7.6%4.3%Population,…

Brewer's: Rice thrown after a Bride

It was an Indian custom, rice being, with the Hindus, an emblem of fecundity. The bridegroom throws three handfuls over the bride, and the bride does the same over the bridegroom. With us…

Rice County, KS Census Data

Kansas Rice County, Kansas People QuickFactsRice CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 10,4522,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -2.9%2.1%Population, 2000 10,…