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Lachnanthes is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the bloodwort family containing only one species, i.e., Lachnanthes caroliana (caroliniana), [3] commonly known as Carolina redroot or bloodroot. [4] The plant is native to eastern North America, from southeastern Nova Scotia (especially the Molega Lake area) [5] and Massachusetts in the ...
Lirianthe fistulosa (Finet & Gagnep.) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu. Magnolia championii subsp. fistulosa (Finet & Gagnep.) J.Li. Talauma fistulosa Finet & Gagnep. Magnolia fistulosa is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to China .
A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. A dandy could be a self-made man both in person and persona, who emulated the aristocratic style of life regardless of his middle-class origin, birth, and background, especially during the late 18th and early ...
t. e. This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom. In Canada and Australia, some of the American terms listed are widespread; however, in some cases, another usage is preferred. Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g ...
Michelia foveolata Merr. ex Dandy. Michelia fulgens Dandy. Michelia longistyla Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu. Michelia oblongifolia Hung T.Chang & B.L.Chen. Michelia xinningia Y.W.Law & R.Z.Zhou. Magnolia foveolata is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae native to China and Vietnam. [1]
Michelia. Michelia is a historical genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Magnoliaceae. The genus included about 50 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical south and southeast Asia (Indomalaya), including southern China. Today it is regarded as a synonym and section of the genus Magnolia.
Fop. Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, [1] fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny. Macaroni was another term of the 18th century more specifically concerned with fashion.
Dude is American slang for an individual, typically male. [1] From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a male person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a "city slicker". In the 1960s, dude evolved to mean any male person, a meaning that slipped ...