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(Encyclopedia) root crop, vegetable cultivated chiefly for its edible roots, e.g., the beet, turnip, mangel-wurzel, carrot, and parsnip. All root crops have a large water content and grow best in…cultivator
(Encyclopedia) cultivator, agricultural implement for stirring and pulverizing the soil, either before planting or to remove weeds and to aerate and loosen the soil after the crop has begun to grow.…strangler fig
(Encyclopedia) strangler fig, common name for a number of tropical plant species, most of them are in the family Moraceae (fig family). They include the golden fig, Ficus aurea, of the SE United…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song-Green Grow The Rashes
by Robert Burns Song-"My Nanie, O!Song-Wha Is That At My Bower-DoorSong-Green Grow The Rashes A Fragment Chor.—Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O; The…Edna St. Vincent Millay: When the Year grows Old
When the Year grows OldEdna St. Vincent MillayI cannot but remember When the year grows old — October — November — How she disliked the cold!She used to watch the swallows Go down across…Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B: 300 Million Carriers and Growing
Hepatitis B: 300 Million Carriers and GrowingViral HepatitisIntroductionHepatitis A: Thriving in Unsanitary ConditionsHepatitis B: 300 Million Carriers and GrowingHepatitis C: The Silent…Cyberwar Explained: A Look at the Growing Threat of the Latest Weapon of War
Countries all over the world are scrambling to develop offensive and defensive cyber strategies By Beth Rowen Related Links Cyberwar Timeline Computer…Haya
(Encyclopedia) HayaHayahīˈə [key], people of Africa living on Lake Victoria in the extreme northwest of Tanzania. They originally came from W Uganda, a region they left because of endless wars. There…polyp
(Encyclopedia) polyp, in medicine, a benign tumor occurring in areas lined with mucous membrane such as the nose, gastrointestinal tract (especially the colon), and the uterus. Some polyps are…Tarija
(Encyclopedia) TarijaTarijatärēˈhä [key], city (1992 pop. 90,113), alt. 6,421 ft (1,957 m), capital of Tarija dept., S Bolivia. It was founded in 1574. Tarija lies in a fertile valley in the eastern…