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Pons, Lily
(Encyclopedia)Pons, Lily pänz, Fr. pôNs [key], 1904–76, French-American coloratura soprano. Pons studied piano at the Paris Conservatory. She made her debut in Delibes's Lakmé at Mulhouse, Alsace, in 1928. She...Milvian Bridge
(Encyclopedia)Milvian Bridge or Mulvian Bridge, Latin Pons Milvius or Pons Mulvius. It was built by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 109 b.c. over the Tiber near Rome as part of the Flaminian Way. By defeating Maxentius ...pons
(Encyclopedia)pons: see brain stem.brain stem
(Encyclopedia)brain stem, lower part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. The upper segment of the human brain stem, the pons, contains nerve fibers that connect the two halves ...lily
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particul...plantain lily
(Encyclopedia)plantain lily: see lily.glory lily
(Encyclopedia)glory lily: see lily.mariposa lily
(Encyclopedia)mariposa lily: see lily.Madonna lily
(Encyclopedia)Madonna lily: see lily.day lily
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