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Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus Dichrostachys in the family Fabaceae. [ 2 ] Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Uganda), acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), " Mpangara" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum ...
Marabou (French: marabout) is a term of Haitian origin denoting Haitians of multiracial ancestry. The term comes originally from the African Marabouts . Marabous are mainly descended from intermingling between Africans, Europeans and Taino but may also have Indian and Chinese ancestry.
Marabou Daim-chocolate with "M"-logo. Chocolate with the old Marabou logo used in 1919–1960s, [1] which is still used in Freia The brand was founded by the Norwegian chocolatier Johan Throne Holst (1868–1946), who already had launched the same chocolate recipe in Norway under the name Freia with great success — in the beginning of the 20th century Freia owned over 50% of the Norwegian ...
Marabou (weed), or el marabú in Cuba, the legume Dichrostachys cinerea; Marabou stork, a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae; Marabou (fashion), downy feathers used as a fashion trimming. Historically known as "marabout." Marabou, a collection of poems by Nikos Kavvadias; Marabou, a thrown silk typically dyed in the gum or a fabric made ...
The marabou stork is a frequent scavenger, and the naked head and long neck are adaptations to this livelihood, as it is with the vultures with which the stork often feeds. In both cases, a feathered head would become rapidly clotted with blood and other substances when the bird's head was inside a large corpse, and the bare head is easier to ...
The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae.Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa.Once found widely across southern Asia and mainland southeast Asia, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations; two in India, one in the north-eastern state of Assam and a ...
Leptoptilos is a genus of very large tropical storks, commonly known as adjutants.The name means thin (lepto) feather (ptilos).Two species are resident breeders in southern Asia, and the marabou stork is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
[15] In Rolleston, Canterbury, an email was sent to a Chinese-origin student's parent, which reportedly said, "our Kiwi kids don't want to be in the same class with your disgusting virus spreaders." [16] Canterbury has a very small population of Asians. One significant finding from the same study, "Asian New Zealanders' experiences of racism ...