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  2. Ipomoea aquatica - Wikipedia

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    Some recipes that use kangkung include plecing kangkung from Lombok, mie kangkung (kangkong noodles) from Jakarta, and petis kangkung from Semarang. [23] In Thailand, where it is called phak bung (Thai: ผักบุ้ง), it is eaten raw, often along with green papaya salad or nam phrik, in stir-fries and in curries such as kaeng som. [24]

  3. List of Journey to the West characters - Wikipedia

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    The White Dragon Horse (白龍馬) is the third son of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea. He was originally supposed to be executed for accidentally destroying a pearl gifted by the Jade Emperor, but Guanyin saved him and brought him to Yingchou Stream (鷹愁澗) in Shepan Mountain (蛇盤山). When Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong pass by ...

  4. Sun Wukong - Wikipedia

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    The character of Monkey in Netflix's The New Legends of Monkey (2018–2020), portrayed by Chai Hansen, is based on Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. The character of Son Goku in Dragon Ball is based on Sun Wukong, as attested by his monkey tail, staff, and name (which is simply the Japanese reading of the same name in Chinese: 孫悟空). [18]

  5. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    "The scientific name satana comes from the Marvel comic book fictional character Satana, a child of Satan and sinister character, who taught black magic. The name refers to the black (often equated with evil) color of the adult moth." [229] †Allodaposuchus hulki Blanco et al., 2015: Crocodylomorph: Hulk: A fossil primitive crocodile from the ...

  6. Kong (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The character for the Kong surname was derived from the Zi (子) family name. The founder of the Shang dynasty, Tang of Shang whose family name was Zi, had the temple name of Taiyi (太乙). His descendants fused the character Zi (子) to Yi (乙), forming the character Kong (孔) which eventually became a surname. [5]

  7. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    The skeleton of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. Prior to being reclassified into the Pachycephalosaurus genus, the assigned species name, Dracorex hogwartsia, translates to "the Dragon-King of Hogwarts" Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. This is a list of real organisms with ...

  8. Manggeon - Wikipedia

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    The practical development of a headband form can be seen in the way Korean-style top knots called sang-tu were secured by using the string ties of the mang-geon. Due to the abundance of horse farming in Jejudo, Korean mang-geon was popularly made with horse hair alongside thin human hair which was considered luxurious. The manggeon could also ...

  9. Kong Kenan - Wikipedia

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    Kong Kenan (/ k oʊ ŋ ˈ k ʌ n ɑː n / kohng KUH-nahn; Chinese: 孔克南; pinyin: Kǒng Kènán) [1] is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and is known as the Super-Man of China.