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Gadsden

(Encyclopedia) Gadsden Gadsden gădzˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 33,945), seat of Etowah co., NE Ala., on the Coosa…

Iligan

(Encyclopedia) Iligan Iligan ēlēˈgän [key], city, capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the…

Chungju

(Encyclopedia) Chungju Chungju ch&oomacr;ngˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, North Chungcheong prov., central South…

duckweed

(Encyclopedia) duckweed, any plant of the genus Lemna and sometimes of related genera. Duckweeds are tiny floating or submerged aquatic plants with reduced or obsolete roots. They flower only rarely…

Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis

(Encyclopedia) Duhamel du Monceau, Henri LouisDuhamel du Monceau, Henri LouisäNrēˈ lwē düämĕlˈ dü môNsōˈ [key], 1700–1782, French agriculturist and tree expert. He did experimental work on plant…

kinetin

(Encyclopedia) kinetinkinetinkīˈnətĭn [key], one of a group of chemically similar plant hormones, the cytokinins, that promote cell division. In some instances kinetin acts together with another…

Kangding

(Encyclopedia) Kangding or KangtingKangtingboth: kängˈdĭngˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 98,960), W Sichuan prov., China, in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is a transportation center on the main…

brier

(Encyclopedia) brier or briar, name sometimes given any thorny plant, more specifically the sweetbrier, and the greenbrier. French brier, or brierroot, is a name for the root of the European white…

Bukavu

(Encyclopedia) Bukavu Bukavu b&oomacr;käˈv&oomacr; [key], city, capital of Sud-Kivu province, E Congo (…

Two Rivers

(Encyclopedia) Two Rivers, city (1990 pop. 13,030), Manitowoc co., E Wis., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Twin River; inc. 1878. Two Rivers is closely associated with its twin city, Manitowoc,…